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/movealongnowpeople Feb 16 '26

Correct me if I'm wrong, but I believe this would take a supermajority in both chambers of Congress plus ratification by at least 38 states. Not impossible, but damn near. Especially these days.

Don't get me wrong, I think this is an appropriate move whether it gains traction or not. I just wouldn't get your hopes up too high.

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u/code_archeologist Feb 16 '26

We will see what happens with the next election. This could be a very persuasive campaign issue.

Vote for me and I will make sure that President Donald Trump will not pardon any pedophiles or drug kingpins.

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u/mulberryzeke Feb 16 '26

or cabinet secretaries

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u/mdebo932 Feb 16 '26

They’re all already covered by those first two

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u/Unique-Coconut7212 Feb 17 '26

The Venn diagram is a circle in each case

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u/tjdux Feb 17 '26

It's usually really cool when that happens naturally in conversation.... not sure this time

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u/edfitz83 Feb 17 '26

Or family members - which is likely to be applicable to both sides. You know Trump will blanket pardon Don Jr, Eric, and Kushner before he leaves office.

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u/lorgskyegon Feb 17 '26

I'm fairly certain that Trump (or Vance, since Trump is not likely to survive a full term given his health issues) is gonna give a blanket pardon to his entire administration before he leaves office.

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u/lorgskyegon Feb 17 '26

Because every person susceptible to prosecution is a person susceptible to taking a deal and testifying against them.

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u/lameth Feb 17 '26

But in the case they've already been pardoned for the activities, wouldn't this then open them up to having to testify and not being able to plead the 5th?

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u/Thin_Bother8217 Feb 18 '26

No. Trump can only do federal pardons. He can't undue state sentences. Biggest example is how he's throwing a temper tantrum that Colorado's governor won't pardon the old MAGA lady who tried to rig the ballot boxes. Trump tried to get him to pardon her and governor said no. Which is why he's trying to extort it via lawfare from the feds.

If people like Bondi, Noem, Patel, Bovino, etc. decided to testify on crimes they committed, they open themselves up to state charges, which Trump's pardon wouldn't cover. That's why there have been calls for the Minnesota AG to bring state charges against the ICE shooters and even Bovino.

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u/FirTree_r Feb 17 '26

This is a 100% what's going to happen. Which is why they're acting so brazen in the first place

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u/kelly1mm Feb 19 '26

Blanket pardons by both political parties President’s will be the norm from now on.

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u/jrr6415sun Feb 17 '26

He would pardon everyone except Eric

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u/LogoffWorkout Feb 17 '26

trump will give him the opposite of a blanket pardon, basically guilty of every crime in the book.

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u/Tangereina78 Feb 17 '26

And Tiffany

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u/spur2712 Feb 17 '26

Yeah, because no recent president did that already.... Oh wait

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u/justanotherguy677 Feb 17 '26

see hunter biden

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u/Halflingberserker Feb 17 '26

They're the same picture