Controversy
Status:Open
Are Joe Biden's Autopen Orders Legally Null and Void?
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Claims
Office of Legal Counsel"The President need not personally perform the physical act of affixing his signature to a bill he approves and decides to sign in order for the bill to become law."Dec 05, 2006
Byron Donalds"Any and all documents, proclamations, executive orders, memorandums, and contracts, signed by order of Joe Biden's autopen are NULL AND VOID."Dec 15, 2025
Eric Daugherty"Democrats are in full PANIC MODE now that 92% of Biden orders and documents are null and void, due to illegal autopen usage."Dec 14, 2025
Jay Wexler"The argument that the pardon fails because it was signed by an autopen fails at the get-go, because there's no requirement that the pardon even be signed."Mar 17, 2025
PBS News"There is no legal precedent saying pardons are void if they are signed by a machine instead of the president."Mar 18, 2025
Donald Trump"I am hereby cancelling all Executive Orders, and anything else that was not directly signed by Crooked Joe Biden, because the people who operated the Autopen did so illegally."Dec 15, 2025
RealAF Patriot"Not only will all of his [Joe Biden's] orders and documents be null and void, but his entire presidency will be as well."Dec 14, 2025
The Committee on Oversight and Government Reform."Executive actions performed by Biden White House staff and signed by autopen are null and void."Oct 28, 2025
Mike Yoder"If Biden didn’t personally authorize those autopen signatures, then Trump isn’t “voiding” anything — he’s just acknowledging a legal reality."Dec 01, 2025
Libs of Tiktok"Biden’s executive orders, pardons, and other actions, may be unconstitutional and void."Dec 14, 2025
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