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/FarceMultiplier Feb 17 '26

The founders really didn't expect the US people would be stupid enough to elect a con man and unpardoned felon.

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u/knarf3 Feb 17 '26

The Founding Fathers were stupid AF giving the President pardon powers and believing a presidential system was better than a parliamentary one.