Comments by "Fumble_ Brewski" (@fumble_brewski5410) on "Biden Pardons Jan 6 Committee CRIMINALS!" video.

  1. The President’s pardon power extends to offenses committed in the District of Columbia. [United States v. Perkins (1885).] However, it does not extend to violations of state laws. The pardon power of the president is based on Article II, Section 2, Clause 1 of the U.S. Constitution, which provides: “The President ... shall have Power to grant Reprieves and Pardons for Offenses against the UNITED STATES, except in Cases of impeachment.” Therefore, recipients of Presidential pardons do not necessarily receive immunity from state prosecution for the same offenses or alleged offenses. Consider.
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  2. In United States v. Wilson (1833), the U.S. Supreme Court held that a pardon can be rejected by the intended recipient and must be affirmatively accepted to be officially recognized by the courts. In that case, George Wilson was convicted of robbing the US Mail and was sentenced to death. Due to his friends' influence, Wilson was pardoned by President Andrew Jackson, but Wilson refused the pardon and the Supreme Court held that his rejection was valid and the court could not force a pardon upon him; and consequently the pardon must be introduced to the court by "plea, motion, or otherwise" to be considered as a point of fact and evidence. According to Associate Justice Joseph McKenna, writing the majority opinion in the U.S. Supreme Court case Burdick v. United States, a pardon is "an imputation of guilt and acceptance of a confession of it."
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