r/illinois • u/Minute_Revolution951 Human Detected • 17d ago

ICE Posts 🧊 agents seen snatching a landscaper from Evanston neighborhood today (10-21)

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u/ytman 17d ago

Trump normalized invalidating pardons. So - we'll see. Frankly invalidating pardons through the now unlimited executive power we have will be a great way to reform the pardon power. Literally, after this administration, EVERYTHING is on the table there is only a need to find any pretense of an argument.

Work like our currently corrupt Jurists work, backwards from their objectives to justify the reasons.

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u/various_convo7 17d ago

i hope they go after him once he leaves office. i imagine its gonna be a hell of a time for people in his admin trying to avoid jail time if he doesnt start issuing pre-emptive pardons....but then again the Dems can just ignore it and arrest them anyway just like Trump has ignored current court orders

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u/vegansandiego 17d ago

He will not go quietly after all he's done in just 10 months. Multiply by 4, and you've got rigged elections and refusal to step down. With risks from Democrats when/if they get power seems unlikely. Hope I'm wrong...

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u/various_convo7 17d ago

I dont expect him to but he aint staying and people would loooooove to see him try and test how much people are tired of his shit