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Scott Jennings Schools Leftist Panelist on Basic Civics After He Claims Presidential Pardon Can Be Delegated to Anyone Other Than the President
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Scott Jennings:
“If you were a government official and you had an autopen, which you did, would you let some staffer sign things in your name without reading?”
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Elliot Williams:
“Here’s the question: was my authority delegated to that person? I think they do have the authority to do so. I’m serious, Scott—laws and regulations…”
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Scott Jennings:
“The authority to delegate pardons and executive orders? The President of the United States can say, ‘You, unelected staffer, can go sign my name on a document that I’ve never seen for a decision that I’ve never made?’”
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Elliot Williams :
“Quite often, the United States Code delegates authority—through the President of the United States, through the attorney general, whatever else—‘X’ person can carry out a function. And certainly that could be the case.
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Now, Donald Trump, for instance, in his first term, pardoned 1,600 people. And I have a hard time believing that he was aware of every single person that he was pardoning. One could make a challenge—every President does this.
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Now, hold on—if it’s a question about Biden’s fitness for office, did he know what he was…? Of course, raise that question. But I just—one, given how vast the pardon power is, and two, given how comprehensive the use of autopens are across administrations—I have a hard time seeing a legal challenge.”
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Scott Jennings:
“Nobody can be delegated the pardon power. It is a constitutional power. I don’t really think you can delegate the executive order power either, because the executive has to make the order. So, Scott—the President.”