sorry hard time keeping up with the meta

are pre-emptive pardons still a bad thing? or a good thing? or now back to being a bad thing?

I know Trump talked about doing it for himself the first time around but has anyone ever actually carried through and done them?

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Breaking News: President Biden issued pre-emptive pardons for Dr. Anthony Fauci, Gen. Mark Milley, Liz Cheney and others, a bid to guard against Trump reprisals hours before leaving office. https://t.co/zHMclPaFPV

The New York Times

BREAKING: Biden has pardoned his family https://t.co/z5aF5hokY5 https://t.co/ExnaTzCJtl

Kyle Cheney

I like pleasure spiked with blockchain and music is my aeroplane. It's my aeroplane. @pizzadao underboss & /politics contributor. Featured in "Number Go Up" 📖

https://x.com/nytimes/status/1881321756834574749
https://x.com/kyledcheney/status/1881381082664456667

I know, I'm just saying the whole idea came from Trump to begin with

I don't understand how a previous administration can tie the hands of a later one. It's not even double-jeopardy since they were never tried.