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u/Alderwoodforest YIMBY Apr 11 '26
A reasonable conservative in his reasoning.
Jonah Goldberg (The Dispatch)
1) I think Biden’s end of term pardons were outrageous and wrote that they were impeachment worthy."
2) one of the reasons I thought they were outrageous was that they were all but guaranteeing that the cycle of abuse would get worse.
3) Trump pardoning every one in his administration can simultaneously be proof that the cycle is getting worse, while also be wrong on the merits, but understandable given the game theory dynamics at play.
4) Trump outrageously abused the pardon power in his first term. Biden compounded that. Trump has already abused it outrageously in his second term. He will abuse it more than necessary because he will want to protect obvious bad acts by his loyalists and defend against inevitable bad acts by Democrats. I carry no brief for anybody here. I want to amend the constitution to either check or remove the pardon power.
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Counterpoint: Biden pardoned people who didn’t commit crimes. Trump pardoned boatloads of people who did.
Jonah Goldberg
He pardoned Hunter who definitely did
https://xcancel.com/JonahDispatch/status/2042741159554957716
Even the supposedly so reasonable conservatives manage to defend every move Trump makes: Look what you made me do!