I called on the White House Counsel to disclose all @potus' pardons

[HAB911]

As @Potus weighs sabotaging Mueller via pardons, I called on the White House Counsel to disclose all @potus' pardons

Link to tweet

https://krishnamoorthi.house.gov/media/press-releases/congressman-krishnamoorthi-calls-white-house-counsel-publicly-disclose-all

[sunonmars]

1. i add when Dems eventually control congress,they should aim to reduce the pardon powers

from the Presidency. It needs to go or at least be limited.

[HAB911]

3. I hope this experience changes a lot of things

never thought of as a problem before the no-class white trash got elected

[sunonmars]

4. The age of honorable presidents is over.

[Control-Z]

8. Hey, that's got a nice ring to it.

"No-class White Trash Party"

[MineralMan]

6. As with many such changes, that would require a Constitutional Amendment.

Those are not easily accomplished as the Equal Rights Amendment illustrates. Powers granted to branches of federal government in the Constitution are very difficult to change, and that's by design. The Congress cannot simply change them.

[rock]

7. The most severe problem with the pardon as I currently see it is

The president should not be able to pardon an acquaintance. The reasoning is the same as recusing oneself in similar situations.

[enough]

2. Secret pardons? Can this be true? If so, it needs to be ended. NT

[Johnny2X2X]

5. Yes

The President does have this power. And you can bet Trump will use it, but there is zero chance it remains secret IMO.