[JumpCrisscross]

> will get a blanket pardon

Going into CMMS and IRS records almost certainly puts them in jeopardy of state crimes. Tight collections of only young, fervent ideologues have one role in military and political systems: cannon fodder.

[ty6853]

Supremacy clause will likely protect them. Even fed lon horiuchi, charged with sniping an innocent woman with a child in her arms, was able to claim supremacy long enough the state case was too stale to win.

[JumpCrisscross]

> Supremacy clause will likely protect them

Supremacy just covers removal [1]. The body of law being adjudicated doesn't change. And the President can't pardon state offences.

I'm not convinced all these folks will get convicted. But they're almost certainly spending their thirties in court.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Removal_jurisdiction

[ty6853]

>In 1997, Horiuchi was charged with manslaughter for killing Vicki Weaver at Ruby Ridge; the charges were later dropped due to Constitutional supremacy, granting federal officers immunity from actions taken in the scope of their practice

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lon_Horiuchi

[whatever1]

But this guy was getting orders from the State. Who the f is Elon?

[ty6853]

A federal employee under USDS

[dylan604]

I think we might be confusing "state" here. "this guy" as you say was an FBI agent, a federal not state agent. Elon is gaining access to federal data, not state data.

Maybe I'm confused, but why do we think Elon is committing offenses that a state could charge so that a pardon from Trump would not be possible?