IANAL, but I think that this bill is a lot of noise without any real effect. The president can only pardon federal offenses, so even before the law was passed, there has been nothing preventing a state from prosecuting a state offense violation, even if the president had issued a pardon for the corresponding federal offense.
"Good intentions will always be pleaded for every assumption of authority. It is hardly too strong to say that the Constitution was made to guard the people against the dangers of good intentions. There are men in all ages who mean to govern well, but they mean to govern. They promise to be good masters, but they mean to be masters." -- Daniel Webster
IANAL, but I think that this bill is a lot of noise without any real effect. The president can only pardon federal offenses, so even before the law was passed, there has been nothing preventing a state from prosecuting a state offense violation, even if the president had issued a pardon for the corresponding federal offense.
ReplyDelete"Good intentions will always be pleaded for every assumption of authority. It is hardly too strong to say that the Constitution was made to guard the people against the dangers of good intentions. There are men in all ages who mean to govern well, but they mean to govern. They promise to be good masters, but they mean to be masters."
ReplyDelete-- Daniel Webster