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Nye Bevan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-01-05 09:10 AM
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16. How about eliminating the presidential pardon altogether?

I really cannot think of a good reason why any president should have this power. I suspect the founding fathers put it in the constitution as their version of the Royal Pardon powers that the King of England had.
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  -There needs to be a Constitutional Amendment Spinzonner  Nov-01-05 07:30 AM   #0 
  - I agree.  eallen   Nov-01-05 07:31 AM   #1 
  - There needs to be a Constitutional Amendment that negates any  acmavm   Nov-01-05 07:31 AM   #2 
  - And one to remove an obviously corrupt administration.  yy4me   Nov-01-05 07:34 AM   #3 
  - that is already covered in the Constitution.  bowens43   Nov-01-05 07:36 AM   #4 
  - That's already in there: "Impeachment"  electropop   Nov-01-05 07:36 AM   #5 
  - Has any president ever done that?  bowens43   Nov-01-05 07:36 AM   #6 
  - Probably would need to be modified  Spinzonner   Nov-01-05 07:40 AM   #8 
  - There is some protection.  electropop   Nov-01-05 07:37 AM   #7 
  - How about ineptitude? does this count as "other?  yy4me   Nov-01-05 07:40 AM   #9 
  - Probably not, but not to worry,  electropop   Nov-01-05 07:47 AM   #11 
  - That just means the President can't restore someone  Spinzonner   Nov-01-05 07:44 AM   #10 
  - I read it slightly differently, but there is room for argument.  electropop   Nov-01-05 07:50 AM   #12 
  - I think you're reading  Burning Water   Nov-01-05 08:42 AM   #15 
  - how about preventing the control of ALL THREE BRANCHES of...  DubyasWorld   Nov-01-05 07:53 AM   #13 
  - Great idea.  screembloodymurder   Nov-01-05 07:56 AM   #14 
  - How about eliminating the presidential pardon altogether?  MathGuy   Nov-01-05 09:10 AM   #16 
     - while it has roots in the royal power, it founders viewed it as important  onenote   Nov-01-05 09:48 AM   #17 
 

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