Agreed!!! Especially since January 6th was a direct result of Trump’s actions. I do think they should amend the Constitution and remove Presidential pardons. No clue why the Framers even included it.
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Just remove it completely. Don't you trust your courts. Oh maybe that's the issue, just a deeply lawless society pretending to be better than the world but actually far worse than most democracies.
It seems like a weird constitutional vestige that is unnecessary and ripe for corruption. Would much prefer judicial reforms so pardons aren’t necessary.
I agree. What if a 2nd hurdle was added, a 2nd qualifying step before a pardon was issued? Something like a military tribunal. It can't be handled like Saturday detention release for truancy. It can't be a thousands issued at a time thing either. Seriously. Clown car policy
Jimmy Carter was right to pardon the draft evaders. That didn't have anything to do with the judiciary, the problem was the politicians were waging a war based on a lie.
Same when Biden pardoned people who committed drug crimes that are no longer crimes.
the solution is to moral leaders, not R's.
Yes, a vast majority were acceptable. But he shouldn't have to preemptive pardon people who are just doing the work they were supposed to. Or his son because of vicious threats. It's supposed to be a calculation of risk and rehabilitation. Another chance they've likely and hopefully earned.
Trump and his AG nominee were threating to sic the DOJ after Biden and his entire family (and many others) for 4 years (at least).
Since that atrocity isn't a crime Biden had no other choice.
You would have done it too.
I get it. I'm just saying maybe an overhaul is necessary. Limits in quantity? A pardon window at the end of the term? Something. The current doofus is abusing it left right and center. Clearly. Judges look silly. System looks silly. Criminals learn nothing. Corruption abounds. It's incentivized.
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Same when Biden pardoned people who committed drug crimes that are no longer crimes.
the solution is to moral leaders, not R's.
Since that atrocity isn't a crime Biden had no other choice.
You would have done it too.
Stop calling him POTUS
Call him FOTUS
Felon of the United States