I actually don't complain about pardons, except perhaps to expose hypocrisy of those who do (e.g., those who attack one president for doing it, but defend another president when he does the same). We either have the pardon power, or we don't. And if we have it, convicted criminals will be pardoned. That's just the way it is Personally, I'd rather POTUS have it than not have it. Obviously, it things get out of control with this preemptive pardoning of those using the power of government for fraud, then we may need an Article V Amendment allowing a super majority of Congress to overrule them. But then, perhaps we also need to allow a super majority of Congress to overrule SCOTUS.
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