Birdwatch Note Rating
2025-01-21 13:32:44 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: 59D78E57BD54EBCA6F13FB54D1CE13EB54C904570B07128C57C5D371F1DAB670
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Original Note:
NNN. The purpose of Burdick v. US was to extend the ability to reject pardons to include unconditional pardons. The portion regarding accepting the pardon being an acceptance of guilt is part of the dicta/dictum of the case and is not binding nor precedent. https://www.propublica.org/article/presidential-pardons-how-the-nixon-pardon-strained-a-presidential-friendshi https://www.law.cornell.edu/wex/dicta https://tile.loc.gov/storage-services/service/ll/usrep/usrep236/usrep236079/usrep236079.pdf
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