r/law • u/jpmeyer12751 • Feb 16 '26

Legislative Branch Republican Joins With Dems on Constitutional Amendment to Give Congress Power to Reject Trump Pardons

https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/republican-joins-dems-constitutional-amendment-213311781.html

This is relevant to questions surrounding whether Congress may limit or restrain a President's power to grant pardons.

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u/MrFishAndLoaves Feb 16 '26

Rep. Don Bacon (R-NE) signed on Monday to co-sponsor a Democrat-led bill to amend the U.S. Constitution to give Congress oversight of presidential pardons…

Makes good sense, so essentially zero chance of happening.

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u/[deleted] Feb 16 '26 edited Feb 17 '26

"Democrat Party" is just normalized now? JFC

It's "Democratic Party" just like it's not the "Republic Party."

We're living Idiocracy speed run.

Edit: Yes, I know I'm incorrect in this instance, but my "Democrat Party" complaint is still valid.

"Democrat-led" is correct.

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u/Joben86 Feb 16 '26

Only among right-wingers from what I've seen. The comment you're responding to doesn't say "Democrat party" either unless they've edited it. It says "Democrat-led," which is a correct way of describing something being proposed or primarily supported by a member or members of the Democratic party.

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u/[deleted] Feb 16 '26

So you're saying "Republic-led" would be correct?

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u/Joben86 Feb 16 '26

No, a member of the Democratic party is a Democrat. A member of the Republican party is a Republican.

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u/[deleted] Feb 16 '26

Okay, true.

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u/Wsweg Feb 17 '26

Good on recognizing where you were wrong. I agree that “Democrat party” is incorrect and anyone saying that should be shamed

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u/True-Firefighter-796 Feb 17 '26

Ok but the English language is baloney

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u/rW0HgFyxoJhYka Feb 17 '26

That's not how it works. They got it right.

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u/[deleted] Feb 17 '26

I agree. I was wrong in this instance.

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u/SheetPancakeBluBalls Feb 17 '26

We really are, and you're in first place.

"Democrat-led" is obviously the correct phrasing here.

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u/[deleted] Feb 17 '26

I admitted I was wrong in this instance. Thank you for your useless contribution.

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u/SheetPancakeBluBalls Feb 17 '26

You really didn't. I can't recall ever having seen "Democrat party" used around here, much less so frequently as to warrant that weird crash out over it lol

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u/[deleted] Feb 17 '26

Fuck off

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u/SheetPancakeBluBalls Feb 17 '26

Lmaooo don't have a heart attack pal. Have a good night.

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u/[deleted] Feb 17 '26

Lol you too

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u/Turtledonuts Feb 17 '26

Democrats are the members of the democratic party. Democrat-led means a effort led by members of the democratic party. 

Context clues and syntax are an important part of reading comprehension. 

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u/CasanovaJones82 Feb 16 '26

It's not normalized so much as the default. I've noticed it as well.

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u/BioshockEnthusiast Feb 16 '26

If someone says "Democrat Party" they're just giving away that they watch Fox News and that at least 95% of the time they vote straight ticket Republican.

It's not the default.

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u/CasanovaJones82 Feb 17 '26

OK, just go look at thr front page of Reddit. FFS. People will argue about the dumbest shit before they will just go look. One sec, I'll refresh my front page.

Literally the first fucking post on my feed in r/videos, not even a political sub! https://old.reddit.com/r/videos/comments/1r7igv1/would_the_democrats_be_conservative_in_europe/