YoBuckStopsHere@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.worldEnglish · 11 months agoGeorgia Gov. Brian Kemp called to publicly oppose sanctions against DA in Trump casewww.usatoday.comexternal-linkmessage-square13fedilinkarrow-up1147arrow-down13
arrow-up1144arrow-down1external-linkGeorgia Gov. Brian Kemp called to publicly oppose sanctions against DA in Trump casewww.usatoday.comYoBuckStopsHere@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.worldEnglish · 11 months agomessage-square13fedilink
minus-squareNotMyOldRedditName@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up25arrow-down4·11 months agoDon’t pardons require admitting guilt? And in this case, admitting guilt should disqualify him from being president, if the constitution was followed.
minus-squareflipht@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up5·11 months agoNo. There is some legal theorizing that it does, and there have been people who refused pardons because they didn’t want the appearance of accepting guilt. But legally speaking, accepting the pardon wouldn’t change anything about the situation.
minus-squareHWK_290@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·11 months agoA good point I had not yet seen expressed!
Don’t pardons require admitting guilt?
And in this case, admitting guilt should disqualify him from being president, if the constitution was followed.
No. There is some legal theorizing that it does, and there have been people who refused pardons because they didn’t want the appearance of accepting guilt. But legally speaking, accepting the pardon wouldn’t change anything about the situation.
A good point I had not yet seen expressed!