Pardons for members of government for actions they took from the seat of government just removes the public’s ability to hold our government accountable. We already have too little accountability.
Further because pardons are more likely to be political in nature it allows for a regime to entirely protect themselves when and if they commit abuses of power.
In theory due process would protect them. Personally, in the same vain, I don’t like qualified immunity. I think government officials and workers should be owed a slightly higher level of due process to protect against political targeting, but should also face higher sentences because as a member of government they should have a higher respect for the law if they are convicted.
Qualified immunity prevents that and so do pardons for government mis-actions.
Absolutely, qualified immunity is bullshit.