• @dhork
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    13 days ago

    Don’t be so sure. It is well documented that the Founders felt that no person should be their own judge. But, more importantly, letting the President self-pardon gives that person an enormous advantage that the other branches can’t put in check. It subordinates the other branches.

    Congress and the courts will, of course, go along with Trump’s priorities. But will they go along with diminishing their own power? Recall that even with the immunity decision, the courts left to themselves what is covered under that, so still kept some power in all that.

    • FuglyDuck
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      713 days ago

      Pardons are an official act.

      • @dhork
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        213 days ago

        But a self-pardon can be argued to contradict other parts of the Constitution. It definitely is contrary to the founder’s intent.

        • @candybrie
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          1213 days ago

          Pretty sure absolute criminal immunity for the president would be as well.