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If we keep pardons, no reason to give that power to the executive branch at all.

• markhahn 3mo ago
  There are lots of executive actions which require consent of congress. I think that would work fine here. Obviously, the point is for congress to have a means of overriding a corrupt pardon (not that such a thing would ever happen!)
  • ethbr1 3mo ago
    The benefit of vesting a power in the executive is unity of purpose (regardless of what administration is in power). The benefit of Congress is slowing and deliberating over knee-jerk decisions. Having the President initiate and Congress approve plays to the strengths of both offices.
    • JumpCrisscross 3mo ago
      > Having the President initiate and Congress approve plays to the strengths of both offices Which wastes everyone’s time. If a case merits pardon, amend the law that convicted them in the first place.
      • ethbr1 3mo ago
        Requiring two incentive-misaligned parties to mutually agree to effect a serious outcome was one of the Constitution's more durable controls.