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[–] takeda@lemmy.world 14 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

Frankly, at this point he might as well do that (trump pardon) because trump will try to do it himself and SCOTUS will say it is constitutional.

It won't convince any MAGA of anything but at least we won't have that precedent.

Frankly, SCOTUS should not allow Ford to issue a blank pardon for Nixon, and say that pardon can only be issued after conviction and sentencing. That would eliminate possibility of so many other pardon shenanigans (blanket pardon, pocket pardon, self pardon, make someone do a crime for you then immediately pardoning them etc)

Dahh.. I was wondering actually if Biden had offered to pardon that guy like in the last two weeks prior to the election, in return for dropping out of the race.

Vance as a presidential candidate and a rushed new VP pick probably would have lost, and they'd have almost no time to make up for a missed campaign.

Also, pre-MAGA Vance was actually a not-so-unreasonable dude, see https://web.archive.org/web/20140305032241/http://centerforworldconflictandpeace.blogspot.com/2012_11_01_archive.html - so even if Vance had won, without the specter of orange voldemort he might have reverted back to his old self.