argued<\/a> that presidents have the “complete power to pardon”, legal experts have repeatedly affirmed that clemency is not without bounds.<\/p>\nPardons, for example, cannot be used to avoid impeachment or to undercut the Constitution, nor can they be used to absolve future crimes.<\/p>\n
Still, the question remains how to enforce those limits \u2014 and whether new bulwarks should be created to prevent abuse.<\/p>\n
Love points to the state pardon systems as models to emulate. Delaware, for example, has a Board of Pardons that hears petitions in public meetings and makes recommendations to the governor. More than half of the petitions are granted.<\/p>\n
Like other successful clemency systems, Love said it offers public accountability.<\/p>\n
She measures that accountability by certain standards: \u201cCan people see what\u2019s going on? Do they know what the standards are, and is the decider a respected and responsible decision-maker?\u201d<\/p>\n
Trump’s sweeping actions, however, have prompted calls for presidential pardons to be limited or eliminated altogether.<\/p>\n
Osler cautions against doing so: It would be a “permanent solution to a temporary problem”.<\/p>\n
\u201cIf we constrain clemency, we\u2019ll lose all the good things that come from it,\u201d Osler said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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