resipsaloquitur@lemmy.world to Not The Onion@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days agoTrump Declares Biden’s ‘Autopen’ Turkey Pardons ‘Invalid’ at Thanksgiving Ceremonywww.mediaite.comexternal-linkmessage-square96linkfedilinkarrow-up1343arrow-down111file-text
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minus-squareAeonFelis@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up21·1 day agoThe concept of autopen is ridiculous, but so is unpardoning turkeys. Then again - so is pardoning turkeys. This whole country is ridiculous.
minus-squareLemminary@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·19 hours agoAll part of the political circus.
minus-squareArmchairAce1944@discuss.onlinelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·18 hours agoHe pardoned Jan 6 traitors and George Santos but he won’t let a stupid bird not be slaughtered?
minus-squareMadison420@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·17 hours agoHe also got caught auto penning executive orders and they quickly took them back and had someone sign them so they weren’t all identical.
minus-squarereptar@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·16 hours agoI thought it was identical signatures. As in, not an autopen, but digital copy.
minus-squareMadison420@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·16 hours agoIf an autopen is disqualifying e signatures certainly are since you do not even need the fairly complex and large autopen. https://www.npr.org/2025/03/17/nx-s1-5330709/autopen-biden-pardon-void Pardons don’t even need to be signed, executive orders however do and even then their legal basis is very iffy.
The concept of autopen is ridiculous, but so is unpardoning turkeys. Then again - so is pardoning turkeys.
This whole country is ridiculous.
All part of the political circus.
He pardoned Jan 6 traitors and George Santos but he won’t let a stupid bird not be slaughtered?
He also got caught auto penning executive orders and they quickly took them back and had someone sign them so they weren’t all identical.
I thought it was identical signatures. As in, not an autopen, but digital copy.
If an autopen is disqualifying e signatures certainly are since you do not even need the fairly complex and large autopen.
https://www.npr.org/2025/03/17/nx-s1-5330709/autopen-biden-pardon-void
Pardons don’t even need to be signed, executive orders however do and even then their legal basis is very iffy.