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Buckeyeblue

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3. I think that is just an unwritten rule, more of a legal argument

Reply to crud (Reply #2)

Sun Dec 7, 2025, 12:25 PM

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The constitution doesn't put any limits on the President's ability to pardon. This was debated during the original constitutional convention. The argument against presidential pardons was that you could have a corrupt president who could pardon people complicit with his/her crimes (imagine that). The counter argument was that the ability to impeach and remove would serve as a check on the president who abused the pardon.

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Modifying POTUS' pardon power [View all] Raven123 Sunday OP

Not until after a Dem President gets to exercise the pardon as recklessly as Trump has Prairie Gates Sunday #1

Obstruction of justice crud Sunday #2

I think that is just an unwritten rule, more of a legal argument Buckeyeblue Sunday #3

I remember the days when crud Sunday #8

As long as Congress allows it, apparently so. Raven123 Sunday #4

Congress is pretty irrelevant newdeal2 Sunday #5

And that is why we need to push a constitutional amendment Raven123 Sunday #6

Would it require an amendment mr715 Sunday #7