Marijuana
President Biden has announced that he will pardon all people convicted of federal offenses for simple marijuana possession. This isn’t drug dealers and traffickers, but people who simply had small amounts or used marijuana on federal lands.
He also will try to influence governors to do the same at the state level, and work to reclassify marijuana so it’s not considered the same as heroin and other hard drugs.
It’s a good step that is bound to help millions who can’t get a job or housing due to simple marijuana violations.
It’s time for our country to recognize that the War on Drugs has done more harm than good and move ahead with decriminalization of marijuana.
Pardon List
In the January 6 Committee hearings, it was revealed that John Eastman, Trump’s lawyer who worked alongside Trump to champion the theory that VP Pence could unilaterally reject electors, sought a presidential pardon in the aftermath of Jan. 6.
Eastman sent an email to Trump lawyer Rudy Giuliani "a few days after" Jan. 6 seeking a pardon. "I've decided that I should be on the pardon list, if that is still in the works," Eastman wrote.
More evidence that Trump and those around him were aware of the illegality of their plans to subvert American democracy.
Allowing for a quick repurposing of an old cartoon.
