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Would you support an amendment to the constitution that members of government can't receive pardons? (self.uspolitics)

submitted 22 hours ago by x0x7 to c/uspolitics

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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.

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[–] Skyrmir 2 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

Nope, the pardon is a check on persecution. The problem is a lack of a check on the president due to party rule. I'd rather see an amendment that forced majority parties to allow minority subpoenas and investigations. And also to allow the minority party to force a vote on bills.

[–] x0x7 1 points 21 hours ago

But it could also be an absolute check protecting persecution.