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Senior Writer @NRO. Reaganite, Catholic, Mets fan, ex-lawyer. Opinions 100% my own, but you can share them. Not the Cardinals broadcaster.

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    Dan McLaughlin‏Verified account @baseballcrank 18 Feb 2020

    The pardon power is the least constrained & most monarchical of all the presidential powers. Not coincidentally, it is the power that Trump has most consistently misused.

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      1. Dan McLaughlin‏Verified account @baseballcrank 18 Feb 2020

        Even the best consequentialist defenses of the Trump record have to concede that his pardons have been awful. The best you can argue is that other stuff he's done is more important.

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      1. danteinvest‏ @danteinvest 18 Feb 2020
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        Marc rich

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      1. Dr. J.J. by the Bay‏ @flagg_colonel 18 Feb 2020
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        Kind of surprised he hasn't made it into a yearly " Presidential Special Event" yet.

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      1. Daniel T‏ @DanielTobias_ 18 Feb 2020
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        And Republicans pretend to believe that he's a corruption crusader.

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      1. Alex‏ @AlexrealtorFl1 18 Feb 2020
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        The president has similar control over nuclear weapons actually, and various presidents made strange andor controversial pardons.

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      1. El Harro‏ @elharroo 18 Feb 2020
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        "Misused". Like Clinton? He sold pardons. Like Obama? He "pardoned" 5 taliban generals in exchange for bergdahl. Heck, W Bush wouldn't even pardon scooter. But Trump "misused". Not very smart observation in context.

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      2. Michael Sebring‏ @MichaelJSebring 18 Feb 2020
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        Misused is an interesting word to use. Surely you can’t misuse a power whose limits are confined solely to one’s own discretion. Unrepublicly is the word I’d use (if it existed). Or maybe unprincipled or untraditionally or abusively?

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      3. Bolle‏ @ShadeandSun 18 Feb 2020
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        lol, abusively but don't say misuse. split some more hairs dude.

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      2. Greg Sargent‏Verified account @ThePlumLineGS 18 Feb 2020
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        It's also interesting and telling that his defenders regularly argue that this power *cannot* be misused by definition, which only compounds the corrupt intent of it all.

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      3. Dan McLaughlin‏Verified account @baseballcrank 18 Feb 2020
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        The power is pretty absolute, but that does not mean it is above criticism for being used unwisely, unfairly, or on undeserving recipients. They're confusing its legal limits with its prudence.

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