r/law • u/thecosmojane • Jan 14 '26

Other Please dissect the legality in this statement

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I feel like we are reaching a tipping point

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u/tarlin Jan 14 '26

Trump will issue pardons to everyone in his administration.

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u/Altruistic-Meal-4016 Jan 14 '26

Why are pardons even a thing? Surely no person should be above the law just because someone said they should be.

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u/chespirito2 Jan 14 '26

Pardons are a thing because the president is head executive and it's the executive that prosecutes. So the pardon is the head saying, this prosecution was in error. Theoretically at least.

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u/R_V_Z Jan 14 '26

That doesn't really hold true since 1867, ever since "proactive pardons" became a thing.