Constitution says preemptive pardons are invalid

The constitution says that people can't be investigated for no reason also.
Good point, how Xiden not issued these pre-emptive pardons for crimes against the United States many of these folks likely would of avoid an investigation....now it's obvious there is something worth looking into
 
Pre-emptive pardons are constitutional. Let’s look at the Constitution, court precedent and history to understand why.

The pardon power is found in Article II, Section 2, Clause 1 of the Constitution. It says (in part): “The President ... shall have Power to grant Reprieves and Pardons for Offences against the United States, except in Cases of Impeachment.” What’s clear from that language is that the pardon power applies to federal crimes (“against the United States”) as opposed to state crimes. Beyond that and the impeachment limitation, it’s a rather broad authority wielded by presidents at their discretion to cover conduct that has already taken place.

Supreme Court precedent backs up that understanding of the pardon power as a vast one. In 1866, the Supreme Court said it “extends to every offence known to the law, and may be exercised at any time after its commission, either before legal proceedings are taken, or during their pendency, or after conviction and judgment.”


So, based on precedent and language in the Constitution they are legal.

Of course, that won't matter to the Roberts court, sorry........trump's court, if trump tells them to break with precedent.....................again.
that supreme court decision states a crime must have occurred. Biden states in the order no crime occurred.
 
Show us “pre-emptive” in the Constitution, Moroner.
The constitution says offenses are pardoned. It does not say convictions are pardoned.

Trump didn't have any problems pardoning people who hadn't been convicted. Are you sure you didn't just make this up now?
 
The constitution says offenses are pardoned. It does not say convictions are pardoned.

Trump didn't have any problems pardoning people who hadn't been convicted. Are you sure you didn't just make this up now?
yes, now tell us how with Biden stating in the order no offense occurred how it is allowed?
 
The shame of it all is these are not normal times. Incoming prez's typically don't threaten to prosecute people for imaginary offenses. Like never.
Been in a coma the last 4 years?
 
A Proclamation
Richard Nixon became the thirty-seventh President of the United States on January 20, 1969 and was reelected in 1972 for a second term by the electors of forty-nine of the fifty states. His term in office continued until his resignation on August 9, 1974.

Pursuant to resolutions of the House of Representatives, its Committee on the Judiciary conducted an inquiry and investigation on the impeachment of the President extending over more than eight months. The hearings of the Committee and its deliberations, which received wide national publicity over television, radio, and in printed media, resulted in votes adverse to Richard Nixon on recommended Articles of Impeachment.

As a result of certain acts or omissions occurring before his resignation from the Office of President, Richard Nixon has become liable to possible indictment and trial for offenses against the United States. Whether or not he shall be so prosecuted depends on findings of the appropriate grand jury and on the discretion of the authorized prosecutor. Should an indictment ensue, the accused shall then be entitled to a fair trial by an impartial jury, as guaranteed to every individual by the Constitution.

It is believed that a trial of Richard Nixon, if it became necessary, could not fairly begin until a year or more has elapsed. In the meantime, the tranquility to which this nation has been restored by the events of recent weeks could be irreparably lost by the prospects of bringing to trial a former President of the United States. The prospects of such trial will cause prolonged and divisive debate over the propriety of exposing to further punishment and degradation a man who has already paid the unprecedented penalty of relinquishing the highest elective office of the United States.

Now, Therefore, I, Gerald R. Ford, President of the United States, pursuant to the pardon power conferred upon me by Article II, Section 2, of the Constitution, have granted and by these presents do grant a full, free, and absolute pardon unto Richard Nixon for all offenses against the United States which he, Richard Nixon, has committed or may have committed or taken part in during the period from January 20, 1969 through August 9, 1974.

In Witness Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand this eighth day of September, in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred and seventy-four, and of the Independence of the United States of America the one hundred and ninety-ninth.

 

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