> I'm not sure why Presidents were given the ability to pardon. Won’t somebody please think of the ~~children~~ turkeys?! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nation

> I'm not sure why Presidents were given the ability to pardon. Won’t somebody please think of the ~~children~~ turkeys?! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Thanksgiving_Turkey_Presentation#List_of_turkeys_pardoned https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Thanksgiving_Turkey_P... Joking aside, Wikipedia does have a history of it. It goes way back, way before the USA was even a thing. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federal_pardons_in_the_United_States#History https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federal_pardons_in_the_United_...