In Reply to: Re: What's the argument to keep presidential pardons in the first posted by BluBlood on October 14, 2026 at 11:44:20
brain is having a hard time processing the notion that people lose their civil rights in perpetuity even after they've served their time by default.
No wonder there's a concerted effort in some states to convict black folks and throw them into jail. It is kinda jaw dropping for me. I can sorta kinda see suspension of specific rights that extend past the release date for a while (say the right to own a gun in the case of violent felons, or run for office in the case of people convicted for bribery while they're holding office, for instance) but I feel like there needs to be an explicit justification to take that specific right away from then than a blanket statement that says "you did the crime, now you can no longer have any civil rights the rest of your life".
Thanks again for clarifying.
I'll just point out in parentheses that "crimes committed on behalf of the president" leaves a lot of room to wiggle and engage in clever lawyering, IMO.