>A group of Democrats are seeking to curb the president’s pardoning powers **by amending the U.S. Constitution.**
Noble, but zero chance of this actually being ratified in the current political environment.
**However**, they should still do it and have all the blue states ratify the amendment right now. Then if there’s ever a Democratic president again the red states will immediately change their tune and ratify it.
AcanthisittaNo6653 on
Congress should spend the time trying to get their powers back. This is icing without any cake..
bm1949 on
Enforced by whom?
America’s problems are now just compounding interest. Not like gravity.
baatezu on
The GOP congress is already ok with defending Trump over child rape, I doubt pardon power will be their last straw.
AoiShimaShima on
pardon power? isnt just pay2pardon?
morbob on
No more pardon power. Presidents don’t need it. They abuse it. Stop Trump.
the_eluder on
Actual headline: Dems propose cuts to pardon power
SmallTownShrink on
Why is this even a power in the first place?
CivilWay1444 on
Sure
Bodycount9 on
Will never even be considered for vote as Speaker Johnson will ignore it based on Trumps orders.
Amendments only happen when both sides see a problem. Right now Republicans don’t see any problems with Trump selling pardons for personal profit. And the supreme court doesn’t see it as a problem since they have Trump immunity from official presidential duties so Trump selling pardons cant even be brought up in federal court.
rbloedow on
This isn’t even fucking news. I have a better chance of willing the $2b Powerball than this proposal has of passing.
manfromfuture on
It sounds good because Trump is clearly abusing it, but it was also used to protect people from his retribution agenda. So having a new trend of newly elected parties prosecuting previous administration members (guilty or not) gets really messy if you limit pardons.
supercali45 on
That power is fucking ridiculous .. so many things need to be codified into law
This GOP criminal organization will be hard to be purged unless people get fucking locked up
MKirk1963 on
I’d say he’s abusing the privilege. Also I’ve never known anyone that repeated themselves as much as he does. So insulting and demeaning.
wookiee42 on
I hate Newsweek. There’s zero chance of this happening.
Chaos_Theory1989 on
Lol, too late. He has already pardoned all the criminals and druglords.
Ok_Abbreviations_350 on
They should at least put some rules around who he can sell a pardon to
brodymanandts on
I honestly don’t like limiting pardon powers. There are so many raciest laws still on the books that need a sane president to pardon. So I want the next guy to fix those laws with pardons.
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Does Trump get a chance to veto this?
>A group of Democrats are seeking to curb the president’s pardoning powers **by amending the U.S. Constitution.**
Noble, but zero chance of this actually being ratified in the current political environment.
**However**, they should still do it and have all the blue states ratify the amendment right now. Then if there’s ever a Democratic president again the red states will immediately change their tune and ratify it.
Congress should spend the time trying to get their powers back. This is icing without any cake..
Enforced by whom?
America’s problems are now just compounding interest. Not like gravity.
The GOP congress is already ok with defending Trump over child rape, I doubt pardon power will be their last straw.
pardon power? isnt just pay2pardon?
No more pardon power. Presidents don’t need it. They abuse it. Stop Trump.
Actual headline: Dems propose cuts to pardon power
Why is this even a power in the first place?
Sure
Will never even be considered for vote as Speaker Johnson will ignore it based on Trumps orders.
Amendments only happen when both sides see a problem. Right now Republicans don’t see any problems with Trump selling pardons for personal profit. And the supreme court doesn’t see it as a problem since they have Trump immunity from official presidential duties so Trump selling pardons cant even be brought up in federal court.
This isn’t even fucking news. I have a better chance of willing the $2b Powerball than this proposal has of passing.
It sounds good because Trump is clearly abusing it, but it was also used to protect people from his retribution agenda. So having a new trend of newly elected parties prosecuting previous administration members (guilty or not) gets really messy if you limit pardons.
That power is fucking ridiculous .. so many things need to be codified into law
This GOP criminal organization will be hard to be purged unless people get fucking locked up
I’d say he’s abusing the privilege. Also I’ve never known anyone that repeated themselves as much as he does. So insulting and demeaning.
I hate Newsweek. There’s zero chance of this happening.
Lol, too late. He has already pardoned all the criminals and druglords.
They should at least put some rules around who he can sell a pardon to
I honestly don’t like limiting pardon powers. There are so many raciest laws still on the books that need a sane president to pardon. So I want the next guy to fix those laws with pardons.