JakenVeina

joined 6 months ago

I don't think so. As far as I'm aware, it's never come up before. The way it would play out, I think, would be something like...

  • Future president issues an EO or whatever rescinding the pardon. This doesn't really accomplish anything, though. It's really just a signal to the DoJ that the president proooobably wants them to pursue charges against the individual in question. Which they've probably already discussed directly.
  • DoJ brings charges against the individual.
  • The individual, files a motion for dismissal of charges, on the grounds of the prior pardon.
  • The judge hears arguments from the DoJ about why that pardon should be considered invalid, and rules one way or the other. If I had to guess, I'd say most judges would rule that the existing pardon can't be overturned, as it's a power defined explicitly in the Constitution, and overturning pardon's isn't.
  • Regardless of the ruling, the decision gets appealed and escalated through the appeals court system to work out the final outcome.
[โ€“] JakenVeina@midwest.social 0 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I dunno if "power plant" quite fits for solar and wind. Definitely for Hydro, though.