@YoBuckStopsHere to politics English • 1 year agoGeorgia Gov. Brian Kemp called to publicly oppose sanctions against DA in Trump casewww.usatoday.comexternal-linkmessage-square13arrow-up1150arrow-down13cross-posted to: [email protected]
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minus-square@NotMyOldRedditNamelink21•1 year agoDon’t pardons require admitting guilt? And in this case, admitting guilt should disqualify him from being president, if the constitution was followed.
minus-squarefliphtlinkfedilink5•1 year 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.
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!