No, but there is one presidential power that should not exist. Personally, I don't think that the president should have the power to pardon.Of course, I have nothing wrong with the yearly tradition of pardoning turkeys on Thanksgiving, but think of any other time that it has been used for a justifiable reason.
After Ford took over, he pardoned Nixon. Is this fair? Absolutely not. I simply don't see any argument for dictatorship.
I don't understand why, in a government with so many complex checks and balances, we have one many who has the ability to, on a wim, commune sentences. Nearly all presidents, in the last few days of their presidency, pardon a series of people of their political party. This isn't just at all. These are white collar criminals who committed serious crimes who get off scott free.
It seems odd that there is one man in the United States, which must have thousands of crimes a month, is able to pick a few of his buddies and essentially say, "it's ok, he is with me."I know we are supposed to honor the constitution, but I don't see how this can be justified.
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