Not sure if he has the power to do that, or if he could do it but not make it permanent. But if he can, he really should…

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    There’s a lot of radical things Biden could do to better shelter the people of the US and indeed the world from the coming storm but, being Joe Biden, he’s going to do none of them.

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    I wouldn’t expect anything from anyone at this point. I expect essentially radio silence until Trump takes over.

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    It’s baked into the US Constitution and the framers intentionally made it difficult to ratify amendments to prevent it from being changed frequently on whims (the Constitution should ideally be able to weather any change in the breeze). He could but he’d need 2/3rds of both House and Senate to vote in favor in order to proceed, so he’d need those to be in session to vote, and then ratification is even messier, I think 2/3 or 3/4 of state legislatures need to vote in favor of ratification. Bunch of hurdles that require not only getting all these groups in a room, but also to have well over a majority vote in favor.

    And we all know Marlie Tator Greene would be screaming the whole damn time, so snowball’s chance in hell basically

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    Joe Biden can do whatever he wants and it doesn’t matter because then Trump will do whatever he wants. He can do away with pardons and then Trump can decree that they exist again. There’s nothing left to stop him. Buckle up.

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    even if we could he won’t. or some political problem prevents it. see the college debt relief debacle or Manchin.

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    The President can pardon anyone he wants for any federal crime as long as it’s backward looking. He can’t pardon someone for something that will happen in the future.

    The President does not have the power to abolish pardons.