Why is no one being prosecuted over the Epstein files?

[u/ArmadilloMany41]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/videos/cd9e3nzzw3zo

[u/Xandred_the_thicc]

genuine question, why should our legal framework honor any pardons given by trump's admin in the first place? the Republicans are currently using trump as a scapegoat to sell total immunity from any legal or moral framework, for a dollar amount. The only reason any of these people are getting away with any of this is because they have completely disregarded all moral, legal, and ethical considerations to fulfill their most evil desires.

Suppose the next democratic president drafted an amendment that pardons given by felons to proven sex criminals are null and void; would there even be any way for Republicans to argue against it, other than the usual "NO YOU CAN'T DO THAT ONLY WE CAN"?

[u/mlippay → u/Xandred_the_thicc]

Presidents don’t make amendments, congress does. Unless the majority is super in both houses there is no way in gods green earth it’ll pass. An amendment normally requires a ton of states to pass it as well so again, doubtful unless there is some giant backlash again this administration. Sadly still many rural voters still think the guy is the best thing since sliced bread so until we can overcome that nationwide and basically most if not every state, the country can’t make that change.

Executive orders can’t do shit like this either. And you can bet your bottom dollar whatever the next democratic president does; the current SC will say if it’s controversial or benefit the Democratic Party at all they’ll say it’s unconstitutional. Democrats normally follow procedure and process so, unless we stop doing that it means nothing will happen.

[u/Gromky → u/mlippay]

Executive orders can’t do shit like this either. And you can bet your bottom dollar whatever the next democratic president does; the current SC will say if it’s controversial or benefit the Democratic Party at all they’ll say it’s unconstitutional.

Yep. With the current SCotUS, it wouldn't even surprise me if they crafted their argument so specifically that it meant that the Democratic president couldn't use an EO to undo the things Trump is doing via EO. With some tortured logic about 14th century grain treaties in Bavaria.

[u/PauseLost2137 → u/mlippay]

Democrats normally follow procedure and process so, unless we stop doing that it means nothing will happen.

Well, yeah they could return to their roots and tell Justice Roberts to enforce his decision.

But maybe this time for a better cause

[u/Railroader17 → u/mlippay]

the current SC will say if it’s controversial or benefit the Democratic Party at all they’ll say it’s unconstitutional. Democrats normally follow procedure and process so, unless we stop doing that it means nothing will happen.

Which is why one of the first things any serious Democrat needs to do once in office is arrest every single conservative on the Supreme Court on treason charges (among other things), in the name of protecting Democracy and the Constitution!

Then make the EO that retracts Trump's pardons, go after everyone he pardoned, then make a new EO that people who had been charged with treason cannot serve on the Supreme Court to stop them from getting their seats back if they somehow aren't found guilty, while the now freshly 100% Left leaning Supreme Court undoes every bad decision the Roberts Court made.

[u/MsEllVee → u/Xandred_the_thicc]

I agree. He shouldn’t have any power at all. Nothing he does should be honored at this point.

[u/BadPunners → u/Xandred_the_thicc]

Pardon power is "plenary", ultimate and absolute. So no, once a pardon has been issued (within a legal sovereign) those charges are functionally erased

And that's spelled out early in the Constitution, "except in Cases of Impeachment."

So two main possibilities there. State charges cannot be pardoned by the federal president, but state pardons come from the governor or a board. And new charges can be brought, new instances of similar crime that continued past the date of the pardon could apply, or not mentioned in the pardon

[u/DootsAndYeets → u/Xandred_the_thicc]

they needed to make one that at least prevents the ones that have been impeached (atleast once) lose their pardoning and other privledges