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An idea for Congress: The Pardon Veto.

By Pen
Sat Jun 23, 2007 at 11:30:05 PM PST
Section: Diary Topic: Legislation

I think Congress should enact the following legislation expanding on the Presidents powers - yeah, you read that right expanding on his, if you believe Dick Cheney, almost limitless powers.

Give our Presidents the power to submit a Pardon Veto to Congress.

A Pardon Veto simply says that the current President wishes to Veto a Presidential Pardon granted by a previous President. But for this Veto to become legal, it must be submitted to Congress for two-thirds approval. If passed by both House and Senate, the prior pardons are repealed and the Government can pursue full criminal investigations and bring charges against those that would be able to otherwise skip free from the most heinous of crimes, those against humanity and those that may be deemed treasonous of the United States, as well as lesser crimes.

And make it law that criminal investigation files cannot be destroyed due to the suspect being pardoned. They must be kept intact in case of a future presidential pardon veto.

I don't know where this thought just came from but I thought I'd post it now while I was thinking of it. More than likely, there would be a good Constitutional justification for why this idea unbalances the powers of the three branches, but it seems to be that without it, the branches are dead and the tree dying anyways.

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