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minus-squareTedesche@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7arrow-down2·4 days agoPresidents should not have pardon power. It doesn’t matter what the reason is, if the president can just trump the entire federal justice system, said system is pointless.
minus-squareNoneOfUrBusiness@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up8·4 days agoI mean it helps to have an elected official with veto power over the decidedly non-elected justice system. It’s part of the checks and balances thing.
Presidents should not have pardon power. It doesn’t matter what the reason is, if the president can just trump the entire federal justice system, said system is pointless.
I mean it helps to have an elected official with veto power over the decidedly non-elected justice system. It’s part of the checks and balances thing.