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The whole Trump presidency showed that Congress is not working as the check on the executive it was meant to be. The US won't survive for much longer if they don't enact reforms after Trump is gone. I also have a feeling Trump is just gonna pardon everyone on his death bed (or at least his family) and no one is going to face any consequences for everything they did.
Pardoning only works if someone is found guilty. You cant preemptively pardon someone to basically give them immunity like the president. In theory anyway...
Edit: im wrong
Biden did.
I thought that changed after watergate for some reason. Guess i was thinking about the part where the acts have to have already happened
Well it’s not working because the current congress doesn’t want to act as a check.
Nothing is working because no one in a position of power wants to act as a check. This is working because everyone with the ability to actually do anything, loves this. This isn't a Congress problem or a courts problem. This is a problem with enforcement.
He has broken 10,000 laws all across the board from child rape to money laundering and racketeering to actual laws governing the president and nation, but everyone in an enforcement arm of government supports white supremacy and patriarchy and they think this is the only way for them to stay on top of brown and black skinned people, women, and queer people.
This isn't a trump problem. He's just the head of the pimple. America is full of pus. It must be drained and dealt with or another head will form right after the first. Everyone with a government gun wants this to happen. Everyone with a government gun will continue to push this just like they did before trump, and they will "elect" another.
Pardoning shouldn't have any relevance or validity if it was done by a crooked idiot like Donald.