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We really need to put limits on the pardon power. It's clearly enabling corruption. Ford should never have pardoned Nixon. It's been a slide down the slippery s
by stvltvs 7mo ago
We really need to put limits on the pardon power. It's clearly enabling corruption. Ford should never have pardoned Nixon. It's been a slide down the slippery slope ever since.
- kermatt 7mo agoMaybe a single person should not be able to override the decision of a jury + judge. Acting in opposition to the law because you expect to be pardoned indicates that the process may be flawed Both of the recent presidents have made some very questionable pardons.
- hyperjeff 7mo agoPardons should be changed to be subject to congressional approval (and rate limited). It’s clearly been demonstrated that the temptation to abuse it is too great.
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- jfengel 7mo agoThere are limits on pardon power. If a politician gives pardons that the public doesn't like, they lose their job. It takes a few years, but finer-grained controls really won't help. In this case we elected a President who categorically said he's pardon people who engaged in criminal behavior for him. The voters expressed a preference for corruption, and trying to fix that after the fact won't help. A democratic country that wants corruption will have it.
- stvltvs 7mo agoThat does nothing to stop corrupt pardons during the presidents lame duck term, like those questionable Biden pardons before he vacated the White House.