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[–] [email protected] 90 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (2 children)

He did pardon almost everybody he could. In 2022 and again in 2023 he pardoned all federal marijuana related crimes below trafficking.

If you were convincted of state level weed related crimes, you will have to take it up with your governor.

[–] [email protected] 29 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Which makes it kind of ironic.

In a way, Biden had the right idea, just a total lack of energy and good branding when it came to execution.

Biden would have been such a good republican president…

[–] [email protected] 23 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Drug related offenses are overwhelmingly state level crimes. The office of the President can only pardon federal level crimes. This is a feature of our system of checks and balances, not a bug.

[–] [email protected] 23 points 6 months ago (2 children)

How come all the checks and balances we all learned about work when it comes to keeping people in prison for drug crimes, but they don't work on keeping fascists from government... 🤷‍♀️

[–] [email protected] 5 points 6 months ago

It's because the system of check and balances was designed assuming the people within the system are acting in good faith. The republicans are not, as as such can abuse the system and the people who are acting in good faith

There is also the discussion of how our system is designed to let the people who have power keep that power

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 months ago

That... I do not have an answer for. 😥

[–] [email protected] 8 points 6 months ago (2 children)

But notably just one white guy who happens to be the son of a president gets pardoned for crack...

[–] [email protected] 43 points 6 months ago (2 children)

He was not pardoned for any drug use or possession, but rather for gun charges and tax evasion.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 6 months ago (1 children)

He was given immunity for any federal crime committed since 2014. That prolly includes some crack binges.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Only if he did it in Washington DC, on federal land. If he was in Delaware or Maryland or any other state (not Native American Reservation) they were probably state level drug offenses.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 6 months ago (1 children)

If I was the president's son I'd be hammering down intoxicants on the whitehouse lawn regularly.

What an amazing experience that would be. Beats acid on a golf course for sure.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 months ago (1 children)

It’s less fun if the Secret Service is staring at you the whole time.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 months ago

No need to be jealous, boys, China bought enough acid for all of us!

[–] [email protected] 4 points 6 months ago (2 children)

Is he going to jail for crack?

[–] [email protected] 29 points 6 months ago

This is what happens when you only read conservative headlines.

[–] [email protected] 26 points 6 months ago (1 children)

I don't think he was ever arrested for it?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 6 months ago (2 children)

Oh wait no right the 'gun charge' was for not disclosing he did crack on a form that's riiiight. Next you're going to tell me the gun charge wasn't for concealed carry of a massive hog.

[–] [email protected] 24 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (1 children)

He lied on the form, doesn't matter why, it was a crime. He came to an agreement to plead guilty with the prosecution that was thrown out. If he were anyone other than the president's son, it wouldn't have been, and he is at personal risk from a justice department with no accountability or integrity and a mandate to punish the soon-to-be president's political enemies, only because he is the soon-to-be-former president's son.

This has nothing to do with drugs.

Complain to your congressman about your drug problems, the president has no authority to resolve them for you.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 months ago

Correct, that's what the charge was for, lying on the gun form (also there's one for tax evasion, but that's not relevant here). The lie was about using crack, but the charge was for lying on the form, not for crack use.

[–] [email protected] 20 points 6 months ago (2 children)

I love how people get so high up their high horse’s ass as if they wouldn’t do the same if they could. I know I would.

Especially knowing the circumstances. Trump won the election. Let’s be real, what kind of good father would let his son be a convict under the fat orange turd’s regime, particularly being the son of the former president, and of the opposition; Joe Biden is not only coming to the end of his presidency. He’s also coming to the end of his life. I sure as fuck would pardon my kid under these circumstances, while I had the power. And I bet most of the people who bitch and whine about it would do it too.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 6 months ago (1 children)

You're goddamn right. What he never should have done was claim he wouldn't pardon him.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 6 months ago

Absolutely.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 6 months ago (1 children)

It would be a lot cooler if he pardoned some political prisoners and dissidents.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 months ago

But there's no will.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 6 months ago

Legalize Everything Joe! Just as a fuck you if nothing else!

[–] [email protected] 7 points 6 months ago (1 children)

He should pull a federal version of the Andy Beshear marijuana possession pardon.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 months ago

Andy Beshear has the ability to pardon state level crimes, which counts for an overwhelming majority of drug related offenses. Biden did the same thing as far as his federal level powers allow.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 6 months ago

Trump@Whitehouse: ./undo_literally_fucking_everything.sh