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Beggin' yer pardon.For all the screaming some of y'all do about "threat to democracy dictator level", it's mind-blowing you're legitimately fine with Trump AMPLIFYING whatever he'd do in the next 4 years with the power of pardoning anyone in the future for anything they may be accused of. Because if a future pardon is given out to the Cheney group of the world that "covers stuff they'd be accused of" this is the worst take of 2024 imo. This is LITERALLY telling Trump to do infinitely worse in 2028. It's better to pardon someone for murder than it is to create a new precedent for Trump that he can future pardon his buddies in this manner. Or any future president after him. I don't think it's even close. This is the difference between thinking in the moment and thinking of long term impact.
About my earlier reply to you, I missed that you were talking about pardons for future events. I think that's obviously a ridiculous idea so I hope/expect there would be jurisprudence obviating such a tactic. I would bet a nickel such a thing never gets past the "musing out loud" stage. I guess we'll see.
