2025-01-20 13:22:42
According to this subcommittee report, Biden pardoned Dr. Fauci to protect him from potential criminal activity as highlighted in the investigation, not from Trump. [Link] []([Link] NEEDS_MORE_RATINGS(21-0-35) Author
2025-01-20 13:37:42
NNN - take it to the comments. NEEDS_MORE_RATINGS(26-0-24) Author
2025-01-20 13:44:09
Contrary to the OP Supreme Court precedent states that issuing a pardon to a person who has not been charged with a crime implies they committed a crime and accepting that pardon is an implied admission of guilt. Burdick v United States, 236 U.S. 79 (1915) [Link] NEEDS_MORE_RATINGS(65-1-33) Author
2025-01-20 14:00:14
Joe Biden previously stated no one is above the law, this post is a direct contradiction to that statement. [Link] NEEDS_MORE_RATINGS(48-2-43) Author
2025-01-20 15:04:13
NNN Opinions are for comments not CN. NEEDS_MORE_RATINGS(14-1-12) Author
2025-01-20 15:40:19
The note above with the quote from Burdick v. United States fails to mention that the quote is from dictum, not the opinion, and holds no legal weight. [Link] NEEDS_MORE_RATINGS(11-0-7) Author
2025-01-20 16:46:14
Supreme Court case Burdick v. United States (1915) states accepting a pardon “carries an imputation of guilt; acceptance a confession of it.” [Link] NEEDS_MORE_RATINGS(28-0-16) Author
2025-01-20 23:39:21
In Burdick v. United States the binding rule only concerned whether or not a pardon can be refused. Other feral courts have ruled that acceptance of a pardon does not constitute a confession of guilt (Lorance v. Commandant [Link] NEEDS_MORE_RATINGS(2-0-1) Author