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We are discussing the pardon power, an explicitly anti-democratic measure that is unilateral and unreviewable. The constitution defines a federal republic, not
by gbacon 6mo ago
We are discussing the pardon power, an explicitly anti-democratic measure that is unilateral and unreviewable. The constitution defines a federal republic, not a democracy.
- senderista 6mo agoNot everything originally in the Constitution is a good idea, or at least isn't anymore. That's why it specifies an amendment process.
- gbacon 6mo agoI wish detractors would follow the Article V process rather than amendment by usurpation, as George Washington condemned it.