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Amy Treese's avatar

Very informative!! Thank you. Some of this actually gives me hope.

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Anne Whitney's avatar

I've learned more in this post than almost anything I've read in the last week. I do hope there are officials or parties with standing that would be willing to throw a wrench into things but I'm surprised to see the current administration moving so slowly to act. SCOTUS laid down new rules so isn't it an opportunity to use the new rules - even if Biden is old school - to do the most good possible before the incoming storm makes landfall? Wouldn't it be better to issue sweeping pardons and then let a huge amt of bandwidth be taken up litigating for the next 18+ months rather than leaving a blank slate runway for project 2025 to be implemented? For example, could Biden issue sweeping pardons for dreamers or 'illegal immigrants' who's only criminal offense was entry and then let the trump people have to go to SCOTUD to claw back the blanket pardons? They issued the ruling on immunity it seems expecting it would never apply to Biden because he wouldn't be willing to breach norms. The house is on fire, enough hand wringing.

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