It's an unanswered question, but the SCOTUS immunity ruling makes it mostly moot anyway. A President can't be charged with crimes related to "official business." Which specific acts count as official vs unofficial depends on the interpretation of a judge/justice, and probably gets extremely messy and inconsistent, which is why the ruling is considered problematic by most.

They can NOT pardon to protect themselves from impeachment.

Yes, but only for federal crimes, not state charges. It’s kind of a moot act for official acts, because the Supreme Court already stated presidents are immune to prosecution for official acts, so they’d have to pardon themselves for personal criminal acts. Most of those can be charged by a state or on a local level, non federal, so it would be risky. However, practically the US doesn’t have a great appetite for charging and prosecuting Presidents.

I have a feeling this one's gonna try

Hasn't been tested but apparently most constitutional lawyers say yes.

The vast majority of US legal common sense would indicate “no”, but at the same time, in a functional sense, the answer is actually “idk”, because there is no precedent for the situation that’s ever been ruled on by any court here. And, you know, who fucking knows what the Tribunal of Six will do.

Edit: wait, so most constitutional scholars think this would fly…? That honestly makes me take most constitutional scholars a lot less seriously.

Don could pardon JD for all crimes on their last day in office. Then Trump resigns and JD becomes President and pardons Don.

We don't know. Nobody has ever tried it before. Common law would suggest no, but really it's anyone's guess with the current make up of the supreme court.

100% sure they can try and one will.

You see, that's the fun part about spending years ignoring the courts. Others can do the same! We could send him to CECOT. No due process? No problem!

They can certainly try

Asking for a friend?

Establishment Dems: Well, OK. Just this once.

God damn it whenever I see a question like this it immediately is thought up by the GOP too

Not from a next president’s executive order.

For trump its more like how fast can they pardon themselves before they commit another felony, you can't pardon yourself for the future.