That's a hassle, but it's not surprising A polarized explanation For a few days since the snowstorms of amnesty and tolerance were issued continuously by President Biden, Trump has focused on which amnesty was a worse F -humiliation for the law.
It is fair to say that each president's exercise of amnesty power has raised the limit of legitimacy. In fact, the type of amnesty issued -Joe Bidens Preliminary amnesty And Trump Pondomination of the mob on January 6th -It was raised in the 1787 Constitutional Treaty as a reason not to permit the power to the President.
George Mason Mainly discussed The president said, “You should not have the power of amnesty, because you may often forgive the crime you have advised by yourself.” … If he had the authority to give a pardon before the prosecution, could the convicted judgment stop the investigation and prevent the detection from hindering the detection? James Madison's answer was that the abuse of such a amnesty could be cured by bullet EACH.
Apart from the academic questions about whether Biden and Trump have committed a bullet EACH due to the abuse of pardon, the President is power in the case without fulfilling such narrow self -interest purposes. Obviously, the harsh management of the justice requires mercy safety.
It is fair to ask what happened in such a case in the improper amnesty avalanche. Did someone left behind? Did someone actually deny pardon? If so, why?
After all, the pardon covers all the violent fan who attacked police officers. “Dark Web” provider from Non -violent drug seller and Biden Family member On Prisoner of the death row A murder sentenced to work, from the pioneer of the deceased civil rights to people Even those who have not been investigated still. Certainly, anyone who has stopped the list must be a huge criminal who is not suitable for any form.
it's not.
Former Alabama Corporation and Governor Don Siegerman (D) Joe Biden requested for amnesty, saying, “The advantageous behavior is not justified … President Joseph R. Biden rejected the application. I did it January 20, 2025.
What justified the criminal act that you dropped, and the pardon justifying the conclusion that Sigelman is not guaranteed? He did not assault a police officer on the way to destroy our country's parliament. He did not run a dark website that promotes everything from money laundering to gun running. He didn't lie to buy a firearm. He did not engage in a century conspiracy.
no. Sigelman has re -elected the business representative to the unpaid State Health Committee.
And unfortunately, he was not the parent Relative of Biden.
According to the prosecutor, Seagerman did this To reward an executive For his financial support. However, unlike most of the corruption, its financial support could not be sent directly to the governor's campaign. In fact, I had an executive Supported SieGelman's opponent。 Financial support did not benefit from Siegerman and his family. Instead, contribution Promote the use of state lottery Provide funds to public education.
In addition, the appointment to the unpaid Health Committee was not a new appointment. Unlike Sigelman, the previous governor, which was supported by the executives, has, of course, appointed him to the Board. For the crime, Seagerman was sentenced to seven years in Federal Prison and served.
When I was asked to support his legal appeal as a former prosecutor, I noticed his Light. With More than 100 other former prosecutors In both parties (I am independent), I participated in those efforts.
I also won the Sigelman case The attention of a wide range of media and Support for ultra -parties For his cause.
As a Director of Latugers Low School, as a newspaper at the time, I asked a constitutional litigation clinic about Segerman's ruling compared to the ruling imposed on other rotten cases. The clinic conclusion was clear. Sigermann's conviction and penalty were, in their excess and rigor, were virtually easy to distinguish from all other corruption prosecutions.
In a letter to Biden in December, I concluded: It ruined the man's career and ruined his life for many years. ”
Usually, just as Seagerman is by President Biden on January 20, there is no context that evaluates the fairness of the decision that the request is immediately rejected.
This is not the case this year. Biden's denial should be evaluated in consideration of the amnesty he thought he would “guarantee.” Biden's denial of mercy to Sigermann, taking into account the pure nepotism and probably the fear of legal harm to himself, considering the rule of the law and the eternal president of his president. His F -humiliation is exposed to dirt.
Trump's comprehensive tolerance against violent riots trying to confuse the transition of moderate power -the literal attack on our democracy -further expands the context. Allowing Siegerman's beliefs to prevent them from being Red by illuminating these amnesty is to laugh at the concept of equal justice under the law.
A case like SieGelman reveals how wise about the use of both Rawless and Abusive's live power, and the concerns of the founders have wise concerns about the potential abuse of amnesty. Masu. We have seen the inefficient bullet EACH as a relief measure. Probably, these abuse encourages George Mason to revise the constitution of the criminal struggle proposed in 1788 and to remove the amnesty. [to] Establish a monarchy and destroy the Republic. “
For Sigelman, disappointment is great, but hope will spring forever. Trump has not yet taken into account the benefits of his incident. If so, he probably looked at Sigelman's prosecutor and his seven -year prison, looked in the mirror, and said, “I'm there, but for the blessings on November 6, 2024, I forgive me. You will be.
Siegelman is too late for justice, but not too late.
John J. Farmer Jr. served as a New Jurisy Secretary of the New Jersey, a senior lawyer of the September 11th, and the director of the Eagton Political Institute.
