YoBuckStopsHere@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agoGeorgia Gov. Brian Kemp called to publicly oppose sanctions against DA in Trump casewww.usatoday.comexternal-linkmessage-square13fedilinkarrow-up1147arrow-down13cross-posted to: law@links.esq.social
arrow-up1144arrow-down1external-linkGeorgia Gov. Brian Kemp called to publicly oppose sanctions against DA in Trump casewww.usatoday.comYoBuckStopsHere@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square13fedilinkcross-posted to: law@links.esq.social
minus-squareNotMyOldRedditName@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up25arrow-down4·1 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-squareflipht@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up5·1 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.
minus-squareHWK_290@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 year agoA good point I had not yet seen expressed!
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!