▲ 144 ▼ Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp called to publicly oppose sanctions against DA in Trump case (www.usatoday.com) submitted 2 years ago by YoBuckStopsHere@lemmy.world to c/politics@lemmy.world 13 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] NotMyOldRedditName@lemmy.world 21 points 2 years ago (2 children) Don't pardons require admitting guilt? And in this case, admitting guilt should disqualify him from being president, if the constitution was followed. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] flipht@kbin.social 5 points 2 years ago 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. permalink fedilink source parent [–] HWK_290@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago A good point I had not yet seen expressed! permalink fedilink source parent
[–] flipht@kbin.social 5 points 2 years ago 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. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] HWK_290@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago A good point I had not yet seen expressed! permalink fedilink source parent