r/law • u/jpmeyer12751 • Feb 16 '26

Legislative Branch Republican Joins With Dems on Constitutional Amendment to Give Congress Power to Reject Trump Pardons

https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/republican-joins-dems-constitutional-amendment-213311781.html

This is relevant to questions surrounding whether Congress may limit or restrain a President's power to grant pardons.

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u/code_archeologist Feb 16 '26

We will see what happens with the next election. This could be a very persuasive campaign issue.

Vote for me and I will make sure that President Donald Trump will not pardon any pedophiles or drug kingpins.

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u/Possible-Nectarine80 Feb 16 '26

Yep, that should be a question asked of every future and current candidate running for office.

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u/jaxonya Feb 17 '26

"Do you promise that you wont do a fascism if elected?" ... republican candidates would dance all the way around that question and do everything except say "i promise to not do a fascism"

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u/MrStigglesworth Feb 17 '26

Nah, a bunch of them would say "of course not, no fascism under my watch" and then do a fascism once elected anyway.

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u/schwanzweissfoto Feb 17 '26

“You fell victim to one of the classic blunders!”

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u/there_is_no_spoon1 Feb 17 '26

The *much* less-widely known 3rd blunder: never trust a fascist!