In Proclamation 10467 of October 6, 2022 (Granting Pardon for the Offense of Simple Possession of Marijuana), I exercised my authority under the Constitution to pardon individuals who committed or were convicted of the offense of simple possession of marijuana in violation of the Controlled Substances Act and section 48–904.01(d)(1) of the Code of the District of Columbia (D.C. Code). As I have said before, convictions for simple possession of marijuana have imposed needless barriers to employment, housing, and educational opportunities. Through this proclamation, consistent with the grant of Proclamation 10467, I am pardoning additional individuals who may continue to experience the unnecessary collateral consequences of a conviction for simple possession of marijuana, attempted simple possession of marijuana, or use of marijuana. Therefore, acting pursuant to the grant of authority in Article II, Section 2, of the Constitution of the United States, I, Joseph R. Biden Jr., do hereby grant a full, complete, and unconditional pardon to all current United States citizens and lawful permanent residents who, on or before the date of this proclamation, committed or were convicted of the offense of simple possession of marijuana, attempted simple possession of marijuana, or use of marijuana, regardless of whether they have been charged with or prosecuted for these offenses on or before the date of this proclamation, in violation of:
(1) section 844 of title 21, United States Code, section 846 of title 21, United States Code, and previous provisions in the United States Code that prohibited simple possession of marijuana or attempted simple possession of marijuana;
(2) section 48-904.01(d)(1) of the D.C. Code and previous provisions in the D.C. Code that prohibited simple possession of marijuana;
(3) section 48-904.09 of the D.C. Code and previous provisions in the D.C. Code that prohibited attempted simple possession of marijuana; and
(4) provisions in the Code of Federal Regulations, including as enforced under the United States Code, that prohibit only the simple possession or use of marijuana on Federal properties or installations, or in other locales, as currently or previously codified, including but not limited to 25 C.F.R. 11.452(a); 32 C.F.R. 1903.12(b)(2); 36 C.F.R. 2.35(b)(2); 36 C.F.R. 1002.35(b)(2); 36 C.F.R. 1280.16(a)(1); 36 C.F.R. 702.6(b); 41 C.F.R. 102-74.400(a); 43 C.F.R. 8365.1-4(b)(2); and 50 C.F.R. 27.82(b)(2).
My intent by this proclamation is to pardon only the offenses of simple possession of marijuana, attempted simple possession of marijuana, or use of marijuana in violation of the Federal and D.C. laws set forth in paragraphs (1) through (3) of this proclamation, as well as the provisions in the Code of Federal Regulations consistent with paragraph (4) of this proclamation, and not any other offenses involving other controlled substances or activity beyond simple possession of marijuana, attempted simple possession of marijuana, or use of marijuana, such as possession of marijuana with intent to distribute or driving offenses committed while under the influence of marijuana. This pardon does not apply to individuals who were non-citizens not lawfully present in the United States at the time of their offense.
Pursuant to the procedures in Proclamation 10467, the Attorney General, acting through the Pardon Attorney, shall review all properly submitted applications for certificates of pardon and shall issue such certificates of pardon to eligible applicants in due course.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this twenty-second day of December, in the year of our Lord two thousand twenty-three, and of the Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and forty-eighth.
JOSEPH R. BIDEN JR.
Easy.
He’s done it unilaterally several times for small populations of people.
He doesn’t need SCOTUS. SCOTUS’ role here is just to run cover so he can present the appearance of acting on his promise without taking money out of the assholes who fund his campaign.
Every time he’s done it in the past there has been existing law and precedent which allowed him to do it, what you’re asking has no precedence.
To do something of that magnitude there would need to be a senate resolution.
It’d be nice if you just opened up with acknowledging that you’ve already divorced yourself from reality and embraced conspiracy so people can save their time.
Implying that anyone who disagrees with you must be divorced from reality is not the rhetorical dunk you apparently think it is.
Engage with the points or downvote and move on.
Choice 3 is quietly acknowledging to yourself that you aren’t yet the bastion of intellect and objectivity you hope to become
The person they were replying to was absolutely spouting a conspiracy theory that is divorced from reality tho
You’re right, the guy he’s responding to didn’t do a fantastic job either. Sentence 1 has truth to it, sentence 2 is pure speculation. However…
I went hard on op because they are in the habit of doing something that happens to be a personal pet peeve of mine.
It’s called “i hate when people i think are intelligent get too comfortable having already proved it to themselves.”
Op has said nothing that causes me to think he knows what he is talking about here. in fact im confident that in this case they probably don’t know that Biden could do an end-around the courts.
Related to my pet peeve is my anger at the purpose his unearned smugness serves. Instead of discussing how or why something might be accomplished with what we have today, all these insufferable nose-lookers seem to be experts on is how things cannot. All their energy is devoted to shutting down any thought that isn’t repeating the official line of the Democratic party.
While i believe the official line of the Ds is probably somewhat closer to reality than the official line of the Rs, there’s not a chance in hell they’re 100% honest, c’mon! Come on! How am i supposed to take these dumbasses seriously when they sound more like a parrot than a person?
So i let em know, and maybe you didn’t actually ask, but there you go