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Carl Higbie did what conservative journalists are supposed to do — he called out what looks like a brazen abuse of power when he slammed former President Joe Biden’s autopen usage on his show, arguing that too many consequential decisions were rubber-stamped by machines and unelected staff. Americans who fought and bled for this republic should find it chilling that signature machines might have stood in for the Oval Office’s chief occupant.
The controversy is not some partisan fever dream; it centers on hard questions about whether autopen signatures were used on pardons, commutations, and executive actions at scale. Even fact-checkers and legal scholars have admitted autopens can be lawful in certain contexts, but legality alone doesn’t erase the democratic rot that sets in when the electorate cannot be sure who actually wielded presidential power.
Conservatives aren’t simply demanding hair-splitting legalities — they’re demanding accountability. Republican lawmakers and commentators on Higbie’s program have exposed troubling testimony and patterns, and Congressmen have even introduced a bill to stop the autopen abuse so the Presidency isn’t outsourced to anonymous staffers. That kind of legislative muscle is exactly what’s needed to protect the sanctity of the office.
Some on the left and in legal circles try to soothe the public by saying a president needn’t hand-pen every document, but that argument misses the point. As commentator Andrew Napolitano told viewers on Higbie’s show, the real question is whether these signatures reflect the president’s will — and when doubt exists, the people deserve the truth, not comforting technicalities. Conservatives will keep pushing until clarity replaces cover-ups.
The political consequences have followed: presidential allies and GOP investigators have opened probes and demanded testimony to find out who ordered autopen use and whether it was meant to conceal incapacity or to push radical policies without consent. If autopens were used to conceal decision-making from the voters, that’s not merely sloppy — it’s an affront to our constitutional order that must be scraped clean.
Americans who value accountability should stand with Higbie and conservative leaders demanding reforms — not partisans trying to sweep this under the rug. Congress should act, lawmakers should subpoena witnesses, and patriotic citizens should insist that no future president can quietly hand off the power entrusted to them. This isn’t about revenge; it’s about restoration of the Presidency to the people it was meant to serve.
