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		jjtheblunt on May 30, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Purdue Pharma can protect Sackler owners in opioid... You know how the President can issue executive pardons? Can the President also issue something like the inverse, for cases where the law seems obviously buggy?

opwieurposiu on May 30, 2023 | [–]

This is known as a Writ of Attainder and the United States Constitution forbids it.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_of_attainder

jjtheblunt on May 30, 2023 | | [–]

Thanks, and I didn't know of that. Humourously, my genuine question was multiply downvoted. Odd.

henriquez on May 30, 2023 | [–]

No.

jjtheblunt on May 30, 2023 | [–]

Thanks.

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