"This amendment creates a narrow, commonsense check to ensure the pardon power is used fairly and responsibly regardless of who occupies the White House"
  • inari@piefed.zipEnglish
    3·
    7 days ago

    The very existence of a presidential pardon is bizarre and an insult to the judicial branch

    • krashmo@lemmy.world
      1·
      7 days ago

      Pardons aren’t the problem. They exist to provide an avenue for reprieve in cases where the law was applied in an unjust or unintended manner, which is not uncommon. The issue is that we let a corrupt, narcissistic piece of shit become President. Obviously he’s going to do terrible things with all the power available to him. It doesn’t mean the powers of the office are inherently bad, it means he is.