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What else could Biden do on his way out the door? (lemmy.today)

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[–] [email protected] 78 points 5 days ago (2 children)

He won't do any of it... but,

Order the immediate publication of all government climate research data
Lease all climate monitoring satellites to the EU for 5 years.
Order the complete destruction of all records of US secret agents, foreign assets, etc. operating outside the US.
Pardon everyone convicted of federal drug crimes for possession of cannibis
Order the complete destruction of all records of immigrants who entered the country under executive order but without any other legal protection
Order the complete destruction of all heath records of government employees, especially those regarding gender affirming care and pregnancy.
Share as much espionage data as possible on Russia, Saudia Arabia, etc. with trusted foreign nations.

[–] [email protected] 50 points 5 days ago

Warning on 3 and 5. The UK destroyed records of immigrants who were invited over to help rebuild Britain postwar and their children. Then a racist Conservative government deported a bunch of them who were children in the 1940s and didn't have proof of legal immigration status - the only legal documentation had been destroyed. These now old people were dumped back in the Caribbean having lived in the UK for almost their entire lives. It was brutal.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 5 days ago (1 children)

I think #4 already happened.

Yup, the only ones he didn't pardon were the ones with "intent to distribute", and those should probably be pardoned, and those driving under the influence, who maybe shouldn't.

https://www.npr.org/2023/12/22/1221230390/biden-pardons-clemency-marijuana-drug-offenses

[–] [email protected] 14 points 5 days ago (1 children)

I'd be worried about the ones charged with driving under the influence. It could easily be a way of profiling, given that there isn't any objective way to prove someone's high and not just having consumed within a couple days. The only current way that I know of is a field sobriety test, which can be a bit subjective.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (1 children)

given that there isn't any objective way to prove someone's high and not just having consumed within a couple days

You can do blood tests for THC, which are a reliable measure.

You are probably thinking of THC-COOH urine or saliva tests, which indeed will show positive for days or even weeks after you are already sober again, since THC-COOH is a metabolite of THC that takes very long to break down and does not have psychoactive properties

Just do it how Canada does it, they have a very reasonable cut-off value for THC blood concentration that even regular consumers with a tolerance for THC won't surpass while sober again

[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 days ago (1 children)

You can, but did they in the cases in question?

Going forward, it's a good thing that a method exists to test if someone actually is driving high.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 days ago

Oh, I'm sure lots of them were wrongfully committed based on inaccurate urine tests or field sobriety tests, no doubt about that