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He did pardon almost everybody he could. In 2022 and again in 2023 he pardoned all federal marijuana related crimes below trafficking.
If you were convincted of state level weed related crimes, you will have to take it up with your governor.
Which makes it kind of ironic.
In a way, Biden had the right idea, just a total lack of energy and good branding when it came to execution.
Biden would have been such a good republican president…
Drug related offenses are overwhelmingly state level crimes. The office of the President can only pardon federal level crimes. This is a feature of our system of checks and balances, not a bug.
How come all the checks and balances we all learned about work when it comes to keeping people in prison for drug crimes, but they don’t work on keeping fascists from government… 🤷♀️
It’s because the system of check and balances was designed assuming the people within the system are acting in good faith. The republicans are not, as as such can abuse the system and the people who are acting in good faith
There is also the discussion of how our system is designed to let the people who have power keep that power
But notably just one white guy who happens to be the son of a president gets pardoned for crack…
He was not pardoned for any drug use or possession, but rather for gun charges and tax evasion.
He was given immunity for any federal crime committed since 2014. That prolly includes some crack binges.
Only if he did it in Washington DC, on federal land. If he was in Delaware or Maryland or any other state (not Native American Reservation) they were probably state level drug offenses.
If I was the president’s son I’d be hammering down intoxicants on the whitehouse lawn regularly.
What an amazing experience that would be. Beats acid on a golf course for sure.
It’s less fun if the Secret Service is staring at you the whole time.
No need to be jealous, boys, China bought enough acid for all of us!
