Abracadabraaaa. . . Biden Pulls the Wrong Rabbit Out of His Capacious Hat
President Biden is pulling rabbits out of hats, targeting one voter group after another. Just lately, he went after the pothead vote. The president’s most recent act of desperation as he tries to avoid a rout in the midterm elections is to pardon people who are in federal prison for pot possession.
“No one should be in jail for possessing marijuana,” intoned the president. Yet no one is. Not a single person is in a federal hoosegow for possessing pot. The estimated 6,500 people who may receive a pardon under Biden’s new edict were either released some time ago or have served their sentences.
No doubt that a pardon might help those formerly incarcerated get a job or a car loan, though many states have already banned asking job applicants about their criminal history. There may be more people in state lockups for possession charges, and states could review their criminal codes after Mr. Biden’s move.
The reality, though, is that there has never been a huge number of Americans in prison — state or federal — simply because they held a small amount of marijuana. This is a Democratic Party fiction which has led to its embrace of dangerous laws like those nigh eliminating bail in New York State.
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Published on The New York Sun
