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I understand the impulse, but I beg you to stop and consider what that means for just a second. Because the right wing has considered it for a long time now. Under Article 5 of the constitution, congress is required to call for a convention if enough states (34/50) call for one. State legislatures choose their delegates to send. Once the convention happens, the delegates write the rules, the last time one happened (1787) they scrapped the existing system and wrote a new one (our current constitution). Ok, so it's a potent tool that can be used for sweeping changes to the very core of our society, that sounds like exactly what we need right? Republicans control 31 out of 50 state legislatures. It's within 10% in another 4 legislatures. Delegates for a convention are chosen by state legislatures. Republicans will be choosing two thirds of the delegates to the convention.

RICO will do a nice job once it's repurposed. You forget to pardon one person? Boom. One actor continues to poison the well even after pardons? Boom. One person blabs post pardon? Boom. Not to mention, you'd have to be a legitimate president in order to have a continuance in power / i.e. the moment that's challenged, so is the entire. f***king. structure.

Aren't these pardons typically worded as being for "all crimes committed"? In that case, it's not a future crime, even if it's discovered in the future. I'd imagine you'd have to get SCOTUS to declare the pardons unconstitutional. But now that requires Democrats to have a supermajority in the Senate to impeach the corrupt SCOTUS judges that would never side against Trump and/or add additional seats to the court. Which is never going to happen because even if Democrats gain a supermajority, you're not going to have 67 Democrats who all have a spine. "We have to heal rather than further divide the country" etc.

From my understanding it’s more a tacit acknowledgement, the pardoner does not need to make an official statement - and pardons can be for other things that don’t involve guilt which also clouds.

Don't blame Biden for Trump's need to push every boundary. Trump has done so much damage to the country by himself, making a blanket statement pardon is exactly the kind of shit he'd do even without advice.

It doesn't seem that different to the Nixon pardon: > Now, Therefore, I, Gerald R. Ford, President of the United States, pursuant to the pardon power conferred upon me by Article II, Section 2, of the Constitution, have granted and by these presents do grant a full, free, and absolute pardon unto Richard Nixon for all offenses against the United States which he, Richard Nixon, has committed or may have committed or taken part in during the period from January 20, 1969 through August 9, 1974. Compared to: > Be It Known, That This Day, I, Joseph R. Biden, Jr., President of the United States, Pursuant to My Powers Under Article II, Section 2, Clause 1, of the Constitution, Have Granted Unto ROBERT HUNTER BIDEN A Full and Unconditional Pardon For those offenses against the United States which he has committed or may have committed or taken part in during the period from January 1, 2014 through December 1, 2024, including but not limited to[...]

Not sure what you are going for here. Most of the money they have, they don't even really have, as it's tied up in investments, real estate, companies etc. They usually don't just let it sit and do nothing - that would be bad business and rather foolish. Musk is *worth* a few hundred billion USD, but he doesn't actually have it in his bank account. I hope you understand that. And no, the fact that most of their wealth is invested doesn't mean they don't have plenty of money to throw around as well. 0.01% of Musk's net worth is still way more than you'll likely to ever make in your life. It's almost impossible to spend that kind of money on just buying stuff.