{"id":2597481,"date":"2026-05-01T06:27:52","date_gmt":"2026-05-01T10:27:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/pardons-arent-enough-the-face-act-must-go-2\/"},"modified":"2026-05-01T06:29:28","modified_gmt":"2026-05-01T10:29:28","slug":"pardons-arent-enough-the-face-act-must-go-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/pardons-arent-enough-the-face-act-must-go-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Pardons Aren\u2019t Enough. The FACE Act Must Go"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fpardons-arent-enough-the-face-act-must-go-2%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2597481&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The Biden justice Department has used the FACE Act against <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/americans-remember-the-48th-annual-march-for-life\/\" title=\"Americans remember the 48th annual March for Life\">pro-life advocates<\/a>, and without full repeal by Congress, future administrations may continue using it the same way.I can\u2019t verify that specific claim about \u201cthe Biden Justice Department\u201d and \u201cwithout full repeal by Congress\u201d from the facts in your prompt alone. But I *can* address the underlying legal reality:<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; **The FACE Act (Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances Act)** is a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/father-of-alleged-sexual-assault-victim-demands-apology-from-nsba\/\" title=\"Father Of Alleged Sexual Assault Victim Demands Apology From NSBA\">federal criminal statute<\/a> that was enacted to <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >prevent **violent interference<\/a> and obstruction** at reproductive health facilities-e.g., **blocking access, threats, assaults, intimidation**, or **coercive conduct**.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; **If conduct is violent or obstructive**, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/breaking-ag-barr-authorizes-federal-prosecutors-to-pursue-substantial-allegations-of-voting-irregularities-before-2020-election-is-certified\/\" title=\"BREAKING: AG Barr Authorizes Federal Prosecutors to Pursue &quot;Substantial Allegations&quot; of Voting Irregularities Before 2020 Election is Certified\">federal prosecutors<\/a> can generally use the FACE Act **nonetheless of which governance is in office**, because enforcement power generally follows existing law unless Congress changes it (or courts reinterpret it).<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; **Congress can\u2019t \u201cfully repeal\u201d enforcement power without changing the statute.** In practise, legislative reform can take many forms (repeal, narrowing amendments, added exemptions, revised definitions, sunset provisions), but **absent a statutory change**, the statute remains available.<\/p>\n<p>If you want, paste the exact statement (or a link\/citation) you\u2019re referring to, and tell me what you\u2019re trying to do with it (e.g., fact-check, write a policy brief, craft an argument). I can then help you:<\/p>\n<p>1) verify what\u2019s been alleged\/documented, and  <\/p>\n<p>2) explain how the FACE Act has been applied and what legal constraints exist.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p>Biden&#8217;s DOJ weaponized the FACE Act against pro-lifers, and if Congress doesn&#8217;t repeal it entirely,\u00a0future administrations will do the same.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Biden\u2019s DOJ weaponized the FACE Act against pro-lifers; repeal it<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4272,"featured_media":2597482,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Screen-Shot-2026-04-28-at-8.43.58-PM-1200x675.png","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[546],"tags":[36352,12559,32570],"class_list":["post-2597481","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-federalist","tag-criminal-justice-reform","tag-pardons","tag-voting-rights"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Screen-Shot-2026-04-28-at-8.43.58-PM-1200x675.png","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2597481","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4272"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2597481"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2597481\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2597485,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2597481\/revisions\/2597485"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2597482"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2597481"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2597481"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2597481"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}