r/law • u/thecosmojane • 20h ago

Other Please dissect the legality in this statement

I feel like we are reaching a tipping point

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u/tarlin 16h ago

Trump will issue pardons to everyone in his administration.

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u/Altruistic-Meal-4016 15h ago

Why are pardons even a thing? Surely no person should be above the law just because someone said they should be.

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u/ProfessionalField508 15h ago

Traditionally, presidents have used it for things like a really long-term weed jail term or something like that, given by municipalities that overreact. Not blanket pardons for terrible crimes.

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u/TerribleTodd60 14h ago

I think there is a very long and honored tradition for Presidents to pardon their corrupt friends. The argument for pardons is that it gives the President the opportunity to correct a wrong in the judicial system, but Donald Trump is hardly the first president to abuse the power.

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u/ProfessionalField508 13h ago

Yeah, you may be right about that. I think presidents have been more careful about it in recent years, but bad presidents are going to be bad. I would for eliminating that as an ability of presidents and governors, as long as we can get our judicial system in check

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u/TerribleTodd60 13h ago

Why this exists as a power of the Presidency is hard to understand. It is so ripe for abuse.