Should We Get Rid of the Pardon Power?

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Mr. Beat examines the history of the pardon power. I beg your pardon, but he also looks at the pros and cons of pardons.

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Here's an annotated script with footnotes: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1kQqmEKhtWpsla-79DP0rXh-NtHojQ_uZWH7wxPxQr_k/edit?usp=sharing

Sources/further reading:
The Presidential Pardon Power by Jeffrey Crouch
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https://heinonline.org/HOL/Page?handle=hein.journals/arzjl51&div=6&g_sent=1&casa_token=&collection=journals
https://heinonline.org/HOL/Page?handle=hein.journals/ylr106&div=33&g_sent=1&casa_token=&collection=journals
https://washingtonmonthly.com/2020/01/11/get-rid-of-the-presidential-pardon/
https://www.freeadvice.com/legal/clemency-vs-pardon/
https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2021/01/22/trump-used-his-clemency-power-sparingly-despite-a-raft-of-late-pardons-and-commutations/
https://chicagounbound.uchicago.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=14190&context=journal_articles
https://www.whitehousehistory.org/the-history-of-the-pardon-power
https://www.law.cornell.edu/constitution-conan/article-2/section-2/clause-1/historical-background-on-pardon-power
https://www.lawfaremedia.org/article/self-pardons-president-cant-pardon-himself-so-why-do-people-think-he-can
https://constitution.congress.gov/browse/essay/artII-S2-C1-3-1/ALDE_00013316/

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