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Pardon who? Hunter Biden case renews ethical debate over use and limits of peculiar presidential power
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The President doesn't make laws, Congress does. You need to be talking to your representative and Senators and holding them accountable.
About cannabis specifically, he already pardoned the federal non-violent, non-distribution offenders. And his DOJ has recommended the DEA reschedule it to a Class III drug, they're the department that actually controls drug scheduling.
State drug laws are not something the President has control of. Again that you be your State reps.
You seem to either not understand how this works or are purposely ignoring that for whatever reason.
He pardoned some.
He can order agencies to do things and replace them if they refuse.
But even if the only thing he can do is pardon people to save them from trump...
Why is he only pardoning his son who admitted guilt to his crimes already?
Do you and Biden both think Hunter is the only one at risk and the only one that need protection from trump?
Why do you think that Trump is going to give any shit about whether someone has been pardoned already? What in his history makes you think he will follow the law?
So you're happy Biden did this...
But it means absolutely nothing...
Why do you think he did it anyways?
I don't honestly care about it that much. Biden is correct that these specific specific charges are rarely brought to court, and if Hunter were anyone else, they wouldn't have been. There WAS political interference by the Republicans ONLY because it was Biden's son, he was targeted for political reasons, not because of the laws he broke.
The pardon power SHOULD be used in situations of injustice. Individuals being targeted because of who they are related to, race, gender, identity, etc. instead of the merits of the charges themselves. Or where extenuating circumstances provide a lot more context. Law enforcement has a lot of leeway with determining when to arrest and prosecute, and jury nullification exists for context situations at the peer level already. Laws are written by man, and many laws on the books are unjust, some by design. There are situations where something illegal probably shouldn't be, or the context surrounding it needs to be considered. Sometimes the end does justify the means. Government whistleblowers being targeted for instance.
What republicans?
The ones Biden appointed?
Otherwise I don't see how they were capable of doing things the last four years...