NEW: Stories about pardons are often told as stories about presidential power — who had access, who persuaded a president to intervene.
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NEW: Stories about pardons are often told as stories about presidential power — who had access, who persuaded a president to intervene. But what drew reporter Jeremy Kohler to this story was the people on the other side of that act of grace.
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NEW: Stories about pardons are often told as stories about presidential power — who had access, who persuaded a president to intervene. But what drew reporter Jeremy Kohler to this story was the people on the other side of that act of grace.
https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-joseph-schwartz-pardon-lawsuit?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post@ProPublica Pardon is one of the most antidemocratic feature of the us legal system. It is not unique (other democracies such as France has an equivalent one) but it certainly should be removed (and if judged necessary transferred to a bipartisan congress commission of at least 10 persons so as to avoid undue presidential power).
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