Interesting observation from Georgetown law professor who heads the the Georgetown Center for the Constitution.
Constitutional legal scholar Randy Barnett admonished Democrats' rhetoric claiming democracy is at risk under the Trump administration when "the biggest constitutional scandal in US history" played out under the Biden administration with the use of the autopen.
"For all the talk of a ‘constitutional crisis' or threats to ‘our democracy’ having the executive branch systematically run by unknown subordinates of a mentally incompetent president is the biggest constitutional scandal in US history – it’s called into question the legality of official acts done in his name but without proper authority," Barnett posted to X Monday.
"Southern secession was a ‘constitutional crisis,’" Barnett added in a follow-up message Tuesday. "This is a constitutional scandal."
Glenn Greenwald, commenting on The NY Times interview where Biden denied it was a scandal:
The biggest scandal of the last 5 years isn't that corporate media united to lie to the public about Biden's cognitive decline, though that is a gigantic scandal.
It's that unelected people exploited it to run the country in secret in Biden's name
Pictured: Unnamed Biden staffer issuing pardons in violation of the US Constitution
It started with Obama and Trump also used an autopen, though not for pardons. But there's nothing in the law that says how a pardon must be signed. So....another nothingburger. Righties love nothingburgers almost as much as scarfing down Trump Turdburgers.
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