Skip to main content

Forget the Autopen. The Question Is Forgery.

 Autopen Debate

- Discussions about using the autopen to sign President Biden’s name on official documents often miss the main point: Is it a forgery?

Presidential Signature and Authority

- Many presidential actions require a signed document to be effective.

- The 2005 Department of Justice opinion states the president does not need to sign personally; delegating the signing is allowed.

- The signature serves as evidence that the president exercised power, but it's not the act itself.

Key Questions Regarding Presidential Action

- The crucial question is not about the signature method but whether the president authorized the signing of the document.

- Exclusively presidential powers, like pardon authority, must be exercised by the president.

Forgery Definition and Implications

- Forgery involves creating or altering documents to deceive or defraud.

- The key issue is whether the White House used the autopen to forge President Biden’s signature.

Legal Context of Forgery

- There is no federal criminal forgery statute, but creating false statements in government records is a crime under 18 U. S. C. sec. 1001.

- Actions taken without the president's knowledge are invalid, as they are not true presidential actions.

Conclusion on Autopen Use

- The debate on autopen obscures the simpler issue: Is the signature genuine or forged?

- If the president did not authorize a pardon, it is invalid regardless of the document bearing the autopen signature.

- The focus should remain on whether proper presidential authority was exercised or if illegal actions occurred by others.

https://spectator.org/forget-the-autopen-the-question-is-forgery/

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Fauci Files Reveal Pfizer Helped Biden Rig 2020 Election

 Pfizer secretly colluded with Joe Biden's team to help him rig the 2020 election against Trump, according to new Fauci documents. In his new book, "On Call," Fauci admits that Albert Bourla, the CEO of Pfizer, called him the night after Biden was declared the winner of the election, to inform him of Pfizer's "Game-changing results" from the rigged mRNA trial. "On November 7, after the absentee ballots were counted, Joe Biden was declared the winner of the presidential election. It was the very next night that Albert Bourla, Pfizer's CEO, called me away from my neighbors' fire pit to inform me about the game-changing results from the Pfizer mRNA vaccine trial. I finally thought we had truly turned a corner in defeating this terrible disease." Today reports: In another interesting tidbit, Fauci discusses Trump's FDA Commissioner Stephen Hahn declaring that he would not go along with the Trump Administration's plan to roll out the vac...
Post a Comment
Read more

Republicans Withdraw $1 Billion From BlackRock Due To Its ESG Policies

  Multiple U.S. states governed by Republicans are withdrawing state funds from BlackRock's management, as they disapprove of the ESG investment policies of the world's top asset manager, the Financial Times reports. In recent weeks, Louisiana, South Carolina, Utah, and Arkansas have announced they would divest funds from... For months now, Republican states have said they would not do business anymore with asset managers who have ESG-aligned investment policies, which, the states say, show that those financial firms are boycotting the oil and gas industry. Texas is leading the campaign against this movement The Lone Star State published a list of financial firms that could be banned from doing business with Texas, its state pension funds, and local governments. https://oilprice.com/Latest-Energy-News/World-News/Republicans-Withdraw-1-Billion-From-BlackRock-Due-To-Its-ESG-Policies.html
Post a Comment
Read more

EU Ambassador & Munich Security Conference Chair Headline Chinese Communist Party Influence Event.

  The Vice Chairman of the Munich Security Conference and a former Ambassador of the European Union to the U.S. headlined an event sponsored by a leading Chinese Communist Party influence group The China-United States Exchange Foundation (CUSEF) CUSEF has been identified by the US government as part of China’s “United Front” which works “to co-opt and neutralize sources of potential opposition to the policies and authority of its ruling Communist Party.” O’Sullivan Director General of the Institute of International and European Affairs Has held a variety of influential positions within the European Union including Chief Operating Officer of the European External Action Service (EEAS) Ruge also has ties to the EU’s military infrastructure Vice Chairman of the Munich Security Conference https://thenationalpulse.com/2022/10/20/eu-amb-and-munich-chair-headline-cusef-webinar/
Post a Comment
Read more