Funny I read that there needs to be no acceptance for the pardon to be valid. The two death row inmates don’t want to accept it because they think it will be seen as an admission of guilt is what I read. No expert though and don’t remember what source it was but I think it was associated press.
Deterrence is the cheapest and safest option.
You are correct that a pardon need not be accepted, and is not considered an admission of guilt. The two guys on death row are fighting the pardons in court. They would not need to do so if they could simply refuse to accept them.
Dont remember where I saw the other view, but I went looking and it seems a lot of facets of the pardon rules and procedures are the result of court decisions on challenges over the years. The act of granting a preemptive pardon, Nixons is the only one I found, have never been challenged in court as yet.
Near the end of President Trump's first term, all of the legal scholars interpreted Burdick v. United States, 236 U.S. 79 to mean that accepting a pardon is an admission of guilt. Now that the pardons have been issued by Biden, the interpretation is not clear.
I think we will see these preemptive Brandon pardons in court very soon.
You need help? Get in the soup line.
That had to be a joke post on Gab.
Typical Democrat duplicity.
Did she forget that the prices didn’t raise on day one and they were this high under Biden.
She speaks with forked tongue!
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The Burdick decision stated that a pardon carries "an imputation of guilt and acceptance of a confession of it" in the court's dictum for the case. While that sounds like it supports the interpretation of the scholars you mention, we have to pick apart the definitions of the words to really understand it, specifically, "imputation" and "dictum."
Don’t worry I sent her an email asking her a few questions and pointing out her hypocrisy and I’m sure that will fix it.
Oh no, that doesn't count: The arguments these fucktards make is so sophomoric and thoughtless it becomes laughable by anyone with the slightest ability to discern.
Whenever I hear this flaming idiot or the one from Alaska, Murcowski, I always wonder how the fuck can people elect such blatant fools, and immediately my mind goes, Shumer, Gillibrand. My mind does not accept that people are that stupid, but then, the evidence is there and cannot be denied.
Lol that's awesome... i guess I should watch some of them for entertainment
Step in the right direction at least.
