Biden pardons Dr. Anthony Fauci, Gen. Milley, Jan. 6 committee members

So the executive can pardon crimes in advance in case the next executive might decide to criminally persecute people, even though they probably never did anything criminal to begin with? But despite the fact, that the next executive can just arbitrarily convict people criminally, they would respect that preemptive pardon?
America, this is not how division of power and state of law works. Heck the Sovjet Union under Stalin probably made more effort to appear as a state of law.
- No, the executive CANNOT arbitrarily convict anyone. In fact, the whole grand/petite jury system exists specifically because we assume that the administration might be a petty tyrannical jerk.
  The key feature of American federalism isn't the polite myth that is "rule of law". No country is,since the laws are all dependent on people to carry them out. Instead,it's "separation of power".
  Trump is going to do terrible and shameful things, as Biden did terrible and shameful things, but the ultimate check on his would-be tyranny will be the greed and pride of the Republicans in Congress and on the court.
  
  So what you’re saying is we are absolutely fucked
- We are very aware of this. Unless and until the worker/pleb class can get its shit together and stop fighting a stupid culture war to focus on the class war, this is just gonna get worse.
- America. Trying to emulate every aspect of the game Monopoly.
  I guess other chance cards are next since the "get of jail free" card is implemented....
- Yes, the president can pardon people who haven't yet been charged with a crime.
  This isn't new, for example Carter pardoned all draft dodgers regardless of whether they had yet been charged.
- This is so fucked, the whole idea for rotating power is to catch these people, you know similar to criminal in Trump camp, if he leave office and democrat win, they should go after them.
  What crazy is, Fauci denied many thing even though he was involve in research with corona virus in bat and should be aware of the research the Wuhan facility was doing. He should defiantly be looked into. If he is innocent, then is all good let the "Judaical" branch decide that. I understand his son, even if it is fucked considering Trump now will do the same for his family, but federal worker should never be protected.

how do you pardon people if there are no charges presented against someone, that by itself shouldnt be legal.
- Blame Ford, he started it when he issued pardons for any previously-committed but uncharged crimes done by Nixon.
  
  I just dont think that it is how the law is written to work, if I can forgive you for crimes not yet noted, then why not the other way around and charge you for crimes not actually done (read: thought crime).

its crazy this is necessary.

The fact that this was a good idea is humiliating.

He should have really fucked with Trump and pardoned anyone not yet convicted for any federal crimes committed since 2016.

Jesus, fuck this guy. Does he think if trump decides to go after any of these people a preemptive pardon will do shit?
Maybe you should have done more while you were president to stop the fascists, starting with finding an AG with an actual spine. Imagine the prosecutor version of Lina Khan running DoJ for the last four years.
- I mean obviously the problem with republicans and trump trampling our rights is biden and the democrats. its just common sense. /s