• Trump declares all documents signed by Biden with an autopen as null and void.
• Legal experts state the president has no constitutional authority to revoke pardons.
• Trump’s statement could challenge numerous Biden policies and pardons.
• Biden used the autopen for a series of pardons and executive orders, raising questions of legality.
• Trump claims Biden's use of autopen reflects his inadequacy and was unauthorized.

US President Donald Trump announced on Tuesday that all documents signed by former President Joe Biden using an autopen are “null, void, and of no further force or effect.” In a post on Truth Social, Trump categorized all such documents, including executive orders and pardons, as invalid, declaring that “any and all Documents, Proclamations, Executive Orders, Memorandums, or Contracts, signed by Order of the now infamous and unauthorized ‘AUTOPEN,’ within the Administration of Joseph R. Biden Jr., are hereby null, void, and of no further force or effect,” according to aa and indiatimes.

Trump further stated that individuals receiving any presidential pardons or legal documents signed via the autopen should consider those documents fully terminated. He has previously alleged that Biden, due to health concerns and age, depends excessively on aides and tools like the autopen, claiming that many decisions were made without Biden's direct involvement, according to Al Jazeera and indiatimes.

Legal experts are skeptical about Trump's authority in this matter, stating there is no constitutional mechanism allowing a president to revoke pardons, meaning Biden’s autopen-signed documents remain valid. According to Bernadette Miller, a constitutional law expert, “This declaration has no legal effect,” further noting that only executive orders can potentially be undone by a subsequent president. PolitiFact corroborated this, stating that there is no existing constitutional basis for overturning pardons and referencing an 1869 judicial ruling confirming that once a pardon is delivered, it is final, according to Al Jazeera, aa, and indiatimes.

This move poses potential legal and political challenges as it aims to discard a multitude of documents from Biden’s administration that were signed using the autopen. Biden reportedly issued a significant number of clemency acts during his tenure, totaling 4,245, of which only 80 were individual pardons. Many of these clemency actions were designed to protect high-profile allies and political figures amidst political turbulence, further complicated by Trump’s recent declaration, according to Al Jazeera and aa.

Interestingly, Biden is not the first president to utilize an autopen; historical precedent exists with other presidents such as Thomas Jefferson and John F. Kennedy, as noted by PolitiFact, which also clarified that there is no constitutional demand that a pardon must be manually signed, underscoring the legitimacy of historical practices similar to Biden’s. This history of autopen usage is likely to influence both public and legal interpretations of Trump's recent claims, according to Al Jazeera, aa, and indiatimes.