Joe Biden's pardon of his son, Hunter, seems right on the merits. It was a bullshit case to pursue beyond the plea deal. Hunter deserves the penalties he was assessed but he does not deserve additional criminal penalties.
There are actually people out there saying that this gives Trump "permission" to pardon all sorts of people.
Are you kidding?
Trump is going to pardon every January 6th person in prison. He's going to pardon his cronies from past crimes. He's going to pardon them when they commit crimes in the future. He's probably going to pardon himself and wager that the Courts won't check him. The idea that Biden's actions will somehow give Trump license to do shady stuff is just unbelievably naïve and the purest form of bothsides I've ever seen.
UPDATE: Martin Longman and Josh Marshall are, as per usual, right.
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