alt Hacker News> Having the President initiate and Congress approve plays to the strengths of both offices
Which wastes everyone’s time. If a case merits pardon, amend the law that convicted them in the first place.
> Having the President initiate and Congress approve plays to the strengths of both offices
Which wastes everyone’s time. If a case merits pardon, amend the law that convicted them in the first place.
Requiring two incentive-misaligned parties to mutually agree to effect a serious outcome was one of the Constitution's more durable controls.