Many are suggesting that the Biden pardons may now be challenged in light of the disclosures of Biden's use of an autopen.The chances of such challenges succeeding are vanishingly low. Presidents are allowed to use the autopen and courts will not presume a dead-hand conspiracy...
...Many of these were high-profile pardons, including for his own son, that Biden acknowledged publicly. There is also a problem with standing unless the issue comes up in a government effort to indict a recipient. That does not mean that the disclosures are not deeply troubling.
...The account of Speaker Johnson on how Biden seemed unaware of signing a major piece of legislation does suggest the use of a dead-hand power by staffers. In the end, this is the most difficult type of allegation to pursue since the key parties will be unified in claiming full knowledge and approval by the president...
...For all of these reasons, this dog will not hunt. It may be worthy of investigation by Congress, but the pardons are unlikely to be seriously questioned by the courts.
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