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President can't pardon state cases.
After all you've seen Trump get away with I can't believe that you still somehow think this little detail will matter. SCOTUS will create an exemption of some kind for him.
"White male Presidents over the age of 75 that wear predominantly red ties can pardon themselves at both the federal and state level."
He's not supposed to be able to do a lot of the shit he's getting away with. At this point I fully expect him to try to pardon himself, NY will say he can't do that, it'll go to the SC, who will say that he can.
As much as I'd like to believe that SCOTUS will honor separation between state and federal, I simply do not trust our current justices. I fully expect them to say, "Nah....it's totes cool for Trump, and only Trump, to commit crimes."
At some point people are just gonna start ignoring the SC completely. I can't find any polls specifically about legitimacy per se, but confidence in the court is already very low, and even Republicans aren't all that happy with it.
Do state cases stay state cases?
Could βsomeoneβ leak some evidence that would make the case a federal one, and then pardon himself?
technically he can but it would bring about a legitimate constitutional crisis if republicans look the other way since it would be the first time he openly acted against the constitution and received no push back for it.