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Related: About this forumGeorge Mason said in 1788 that a President should not be granted the power to pardon ...
George Mason, delegate to Constitutional Convention, said in 1788 that a President should not be granted power to pardon because he might "pardon crimes which were advised by himself. It may happen, at some future day, that he will establish a monarchy, and destroy the republic."
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George Mason said in 1788 that a President should not be granted the power to pardon ... (Original Post)
mahatmakanejeeves
Dec 2020
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PoliticAverse
(26,366 posts)1. Mason's objection was countered by James Madison...
There is one security in this case to which gentlemen may not have adverted: if the President be connected, in any suspicious manner, with any person, and there be grounds to believe he will shelter him, the House of Representatives can impeach him; they can remove him if found guilty.
Which is why no such limitation made it into the final version of the Constitution.
See: https://www.brookings.edu/blog/fixgov/2018/07/25/the-pardon-power-and-original-intent/
Cirque du So-What
(27,514 posts)3. You make it sound so simple, Mr. Madison
You didnt count on a corrupt senate overturning the will of the house.
dchill
(40,468 posts)4. Like THAT could ever happen.
napi21
(45,806 posts)2. Well, he's going to be gone so no need for impeachment! Tank God. His buds would still not kick
him out!
SCantiGOP
(14,238 posts)5. They also knew that George Washington
was going to be President.
If your model is Washington, something like trump couldnt be imagined.