It seems to me that just the pardon power by itself is fundamentally incompatible with democracy and the rule of law.
It's like saying you're a pacifist... except for Tuesdays when you go on a weekly killing spree.
I imagine that if we can survive and progress long enough to have real democracy and rule of law, our present system will be viewed a transitional period that, for all its very real improvements, was still structurally closer to feudalism than actual democracy.
It's like saying you're a pacifist... except for Tuesdays when you go on a weekly killing spree.
I imagine that if we can survive and progress long enough to have real democracy and rule of law, our present system will be viewed a transitional period that, for all its very real improvements, was still structurally closer to feudalism than actual democracy.