POTUS impacts on Congress and the Courts by Jared Byrnes

JFK Pardon Narcotics Act

jared_byrnes — 2026-03-10 17:15:49 UTC

Obama was influenced by JFK to pardon some drug offenders.

Andrew Johnson vetoes the Radical Republican Plan for Southern Reconstruction

RedPanda13 — 2026-03-10 17:17:23 UTC

FDR pushes Congress to pass the New Deal that opened up many federal warfare programs

116476_11 — 2026-03-10 17:19:20 UTC

Johnson used his persuasive skills and political influence to push Congress to pass the Civil Rights Act

119070_4 — 2026-03-10 17:19:37 UTC

Biden pardons his son

1143203 — 2026-03-10 17:20:39 UTC

Biden believed that his son was unfairly charged, so he pardoned him.

Trump appointed three Supreme Court justices (Neil Gorsuch, Brett Kavanaugh, Amy Coney Barrett).

119070_4 — 2026-03-10 17:21:30 UTC

Obama vetos a bill that would have reversed the affordable health care act

116476_11 — 2026-03-10 17:22:16 UTC

Gerald Ford pardons Richard Nixon

113899_8 — 2026-03-10 17:22:42 UTC

Gerald Ford pardoned Nixon for all offenses against the United States

Joe Biden commutes the sentence of Konstantin Yaroshenko

RedPanda13 — 2026-03-10 17:23:03 UTC

George W Bush commutation of Ignacio Ramos

1138142 — 2026-03-10 17:23:29 UTC

President Bush commuted the prison sentence of former Border Patrol agent Ignacio Ramos, who had been convicted of shooting a drug smuggler.

Eisenhower enforcing school desegregation

2026-03-10 17:24:27 UTC

Trump pardons Julie and Todd Chrisley

1137971 — 2026-03-10 17:25:49 UTC

Trump pardons former reality tv stars after they were convicted for bankrupt.

Trump pardons rapper NBA Youngboy, who was sentenced for gun-related charges

1139313 — 2026-03-10 17:25:56 UTC

Andrew Johnson pardoned over 13,000 former Confederate soldiers

113899_8 — 2026-03-10 17:26:08 UTC

Obama uses the Bully Pulpit to push Congress to reform the ACA

2026-03-10 17:26:20 UTC

Obama made changes to the ACA into a public interest and pushed Congress to institute reforms.

Kennedy publicly called for major civil rights legislation and asked Congress to pass a new law to protect equal rights.

1138511 — 2026-03-10 17:26:36 UTC

Truman proposed a legislative agenda called the Fair Deal, which included civil rights and economic reforms.

1138511 — 2026-03-10 17:27:45 UTC

Jimmy Carter granting amnesty to Vietnam draft evaders.

1138142 — 2026-03-10 17:28:04 UTC

Jimmy Carter granted amnesty to thousands of men who had avoided the military draft during the Vietnam War.

Ronald Reagan appointed the most federal judges during his presidency

1143203 — 2026-03-10 17:28:08 UTC

Ronald Reagan believed most judges did not serve for the good of the people, but rather for their own personal favor, so he reappointed many judges.

Thomas Jefferson supporting the impeachment of federal judges to curb

117200_7 — 2026-03-10 17:28:15 UTC

By pushing for these impeachments, Jefferson directly influenced the legislative branch to act as a tool for checking the judicial branch, aiming to make the courts responsive to the public will and republican principles.

forbidding hoarding of gold

117271_5 — 2026-03-10 17:28:30 UTC

an executive Order to stop people from hoarding gold.

Trump used veto power to reject bills passed by National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021 that he disagreed with.

113179 — 2026-03-10 17:30:56 UTC

Trump thought the bill would restrict his ability to withdraw troops.

Johnson vetoed all major Reconstruction legislation

117200_7 — 2026-03-10 17:32:18 UTC

Andrew Johnson influenced the executive and legislative branches by aggressively using the veto power to challenge Congressional Reconstruction, resulting in the first major overrides of presidential vetoes and his own impeachment

Obama's budget request for Education

1137971 — 2026-03-10 17:34:58 UTC

Requests investments into education and research.

FDR "packs-the-courts" to build support for his "New Deal"

2026-03-10 17:36:38 UTC

FDR stacked the courts to prevent his New Deal legislation from being opposed in the courts.

Biden Pushes Congress to Pass Infrastructure Bill

2026-03-10 17:37:43 UTC

Trump Appoints Amy Coney Barrett to Supreme Court

2026-03-10 17:38:34 UTC

Vetoed the Stem Cell Research Enhancement Act, objecting to federal funding for embryonic stem cell research.

2026-03-10 17:52:16 UTC

113150_16 — 2026-03-10 17:57:54 UTC

These are the records of everyone, George. W. Bush had pardoned.