In short:

Outgoing US President Joe Biden has pardoned his son Hunter Biden, saying “raw politics … led to a miscarriage of justice”.

Hunter Biden was convicted of gun charges and tax evasion and was facing sentencing hearings scheduled for mid-December.

Joe Biden said he made the decision over the weekend while spending the Thanksgiving holiday with his family.

  • @FireTower
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    23 days ago

    The Supreme Court isn’t going to do that. Art. 2 Sec. 2 and the 5A’s double jeopardy clauses are quite clear on the matter.

    They’d sooner overrule Wickard v. Filburn than do that.

    • @Delphia
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      13 days ago

      They wont do it because it would set precident for if the dems ever do get back into power to do it right back to them.

    • @dohpaz42
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      13 days ago

      I doubt double jeopardy applies, because that would mean they’d charge and prosecute him again. Reversing a pardon has nothing to do with prosecution.

      Also there is nothing in the constitution that states a pardon is final. Only the Supreme Court has said that, and we all know that a later Supreme Court can (and has) overrule a previous Supreme Court decision.

      And Wickard v. Filburn is a red herring.

      • @FireTower
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        23 days ago

        “nor shall any person be subject for the same offence to be twice put in jeopardy of life or limb;”

        The double jeopardy clause doesn’t limit itself to only prohibiting second prosecutions. Once a case has been prosecuted to conclusion the defendant may not be made subject to the punishment again. A pardon terminating a punishment, would forestall recision as that would be once again subjecting the defendant for the same offensive.