How to end abuse of the presidential pardon
Stephen H. Provost
Even our most basic protections are limited based on content and intent. You have a First Amendment right to free speech, but that doesn’t mean you can defame someone or yell “Fire!” in a crowded theater. … It seems absurd that the pardon power, which is much less fundamental to a democratic society than free speech… should enjoy greater protections from content-based limits than any other right enshrined in the Constitution.
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