and huge data point or argument for more time for joe biden inor the white house. yes, probably. thank you, my friend. president biden was in normandy today commemorating the 80th anniversary of d-day, and while he was there he was asked about something totally unrelated, whether he would issue a pardon for his son hunter if the federal jury in delawarefe convicts the youngerf felony gun possession. here s how president biden responded. as ween sit here in normandy your son hunter is on trial, and i know that you cannot speak about an ongoing federal prosecution, but let me ask you will you accept the jury s outcome, their verdict no matter what itdi is? yes. and have you ruled out a pardon for yourself? yes. pretty clear answer there, but again this is a yes or no question, and to be honest shouldn t be that hard to answer. joe biden as president with the power to pardon anyone he wants at the federal level will let his son go to prison if he is found guilt
president biden was in normandy today commemorating the 80th anniversary of d-day. while he was there he was asked about something totally unrelated. whether he would issue a pardon for his son hunter if he is convicted of felony gun vices. here is how he responded. as we sit here in normandy, your son hunter is on trial. let me ask you, will you accept the jury s outcome, their verdict, no matter what it is? yes. and have you ruled out a pardon for your son? yes. pretty clear answer there. but again, this is a yes or no question. and to be honest, it shouldn t be that hard to answer. joe biden as president with the power to pardon anyone he wants at the federal level will let his son go to prison if he is found guilty by a jury of his peers because that is how the american justice system is supposed to work. now compare that answer to former president donald trump s answer. on trump s last day in office, january 20th, 2021, he issued more than 70 pardons and there
so we can barely process one. it is the friday news dump from hell for the next three or fore weeks. we will keep geting the major decisions and have a limited ability to respond to them. to push back in ways they might be able to. before they know it, the next one will drop. guns, abortion, immunity. the environmentment we will struggle to really kind of process it all. and then the justices will flee for the summer and hope the news cycle fizzles out. that is such a cynical assessment of the timing here and i m not trying to question you on that. but have we seen, is there anything comparable in recent supreme court history in terms of maybe waiting to do an end run around the public and the media when you are issuing a controversial ruling with landmark importance? this is new. recently five or six years ago,
struggle to really kind of process it all, and then the justices will flee for the summer and hope the news cycle fizzles out. god, mark, that s such a cynical assessment of the timing here. and i m not trying to question you on that, but have we have we seen is there anything comparable in recent supreme court history in basically waiting to do an end run around the public and the media when you re issuing a really controversial ruling with landmark importance? no, this is new. as recently as five or six years ago the supreme court only had a handful of block busters each term. ten years ago, maybe two, maybe three. it s only been really since justice barrett joined the court that they haveacy clated here taking on more and more of these huge cases and stuffs them all into the last couple of weeks of june, sometimes dropping two or three major ones every day, dropping them a few days in a