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Kentucky lawmaker points to Biden pardons as reason to limit governor powers

  • A Kentucky lawmaker aims to limit the governor's pardon powers, citing recent pardons by former President Joe Biden as a catalyst for change.
  • The proposal, which received bipartisan support in the Kentucky Senate, would suspend pardon powers 60 days before elections and after elections.
  • If approved by the House, the amendment will be on the 2026 ballot for voters to decide.
  • State Senator Chris McDaniel criticized Biden's pardons and stated that the measure would hold governors accountable and prevent abuse of power.
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KY voters could limit governor’s pardon powers with amendment cleared by Senate

Measure would be on 2026 ballot if House agrees From Kentucky Lantern By McKenna Horsley Republican Sen. Chris McDaniel hopes this is the year lawmakers agree to send voters a constitutional amendment that would limit the pardon and commutation powers of Kentucky governors around an election. The Ryland Heights legislator’s Senate Bill 126 gained near unanimous approval in the Senate Friday morning, winning 37 yeses with only Democratic Caucus C…

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Biden's Shameful Abuse of Pardon Power Sparks Uproar in Kentucky - Real News Now

There’s a movement brewing in Kentucky that highlights the unyielding abuse of power that Joe Biden manifested on his way out of his presidency. A brave lawman in Kentucky seeks to curtail and regulate the gubernatorial pardon powers in his state, to avoid such flagrant misuse of authority in the future. His mission is garnering steam, fueled, in large measure, by the public’s contempt for Biden’s barrage of pardons and softened sentences handed…

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KY voters could limit governor’s pardon powers with amendment cleared by Senate • Kentucky Lantern

Sen. Chris McDaniel, R-Ryland Heights, speaks on the Senate floor, Feb, 4, 2025. (LRC Public Information)Republican Sen. Chris McDaniel hopes this is the year lawmakers agree to send voters a constitutional amendment that would limit the pardon and commutation powers of Kentucky governors around an election.  The Ryland Heights legislator’s Senate Bill 126 gained near unanimous approval in the Senate Friday morning, winning 37 yeses with only De…

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Kentucky lawmaker points to Biden pardons as reason to limit governor powers

FRANKFORT, Ky. — A Kentucky lawmaker is hoping his quest to limit the pardon powers of governors in his state has received a jolt of momentum from public attention over

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Ky amendment limiting gubernatorial pardons in election years passes out of committee

(Kentucky Public Radio / Ryland Barton) Kenton County Republican Sen. Chris McDaniel has been proposing a constitutional amendment to prohibit the governor from pardoning people or commuting sentences in the days leading up to and following gubernatorial elections since 2020, beginning in the wake of controversial pardons issued by Matt Bevin in his final days in office. After narrowly losing his reelection campaign to current Gov. Andy Beshear …

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Proposed Ky. amendment limiting gubernatorial pardons in election years passes out of committee

The effort has been made during five of the last six legislative sessions.

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