Best of Stanford Legal: Trump's Pardons
Political Violence, Hate Groups, and the Rule of Law
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What are the legal implications of the unprecedented mass pardoning of the January 6th rioters? What does it say about American rule of law?
President Biden’s DOJ prosecuted nearly 1,600 of the January 6, 2021, rioters—many for acts of shocking violence against police and government offices. On January 20, newly sworn-in President Trump, in one of his first official acts, issued a sweeping grant of clemency to all of the rioters charged in connection with the attack on the Capitol attack. He pardoned most defendants and commuted the…
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