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JoeMorgue · 11th January 2021, 08:41 AM

Let's look at it this way.

If the Pardon power is based on the idea that it's "good" (legally, morally, Constitutionally, or some combination of the three) for the President to override the courts because they sometimes make mistakes and/or act vindictively shouldn't it work both ways?

Shouldn't, under this argument, the President be able to extra-judicially convict people of Federal Crimes?

11th January 2021, 08:41 AM	#38
JoeMorgue Self Employed Remittance Man Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Florida Posts: 30,658	Let's look at it this way. If the Pardon power is based on the idea that it's "good" (legally, morally, Constitutionally, or some combination of the three) for the President to override the courts because they sometimes make mistakes and/or act vindictively shouldn't it work both ways? Shouldn't, under this argument, the President be able to extra-judicially convict people of Federal Crimes?
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