As we are all aware Joe Biden issued pardons to many who had not been convicted of anything. In fact a lot of these last minute pardons were issued to individuals who had not even been charged with anything!
If any preemptive Presidential pardons have occurred in the past, I am not aware of them. Whether preemptive pardons are legal is a whole other issue that may be tested in the near future. I say this because of something that is going on in the California legislature, namely California Senate Bill 222, under which victims of certain disasters—including wildfires—in California would be able to sue oil and gas companies for compensation.
Here the Dems in Sacramento are playing to the crowd. Everyone in California feels bad for those that lost their homes in the recent L.A wildfires, but to blame oil and gas companies for their supposed contribution to climate change, is absurd, and it’s unclear how the very strong Santa Anna winds were related to either climate change or to the oil and gas companies. Yet CS Bill 222 , also known as the “Affordable Insurance and Climate Recovery Act,” the bill was introduced on Jan. 27 by Democratic state Sen. Scott Wiener. It would allow insurers to file civil lawsuits against oil and gas companies seeking damages, if specified criteria are met, including damages of $10,000 or more.
FYI: The cost of the damage caused by the recent Los Angeles fires is estimated to be between $250 billion and $275 billion, according to a Jan. 13 report from AccuWeather.
The deadly wildfires are also expected to aggravate California’s existing insurance crisis. Insurance costs could reach $20 billion or higher, according to estimates by Wells Fargo analysts.j
What would happen if after this bill is signed into law, President Trump preemptively pardoned the oil and gas companies. The Dems would go ballistic, but they would be in quite a bind, as they would be forced to argue that preemptive Presidential pardons are not legal, despite the probable protestations of Joe Biden’s family, the J6 Committee, and Dr. Fauci.
Personally, I do not think that preemptive pardons should be legal, but I would pay to have a front row seat watching the Dems argue against policies of Joe Biden.
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