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I would just like to casually remind folks that in debating the Constitution, the Founders specifically discussed the possibility that a president might someday misuse the pardon power.
The explicit remedy they discussed for such an occasion was impeachment.
The explicit remedy they discussed for such an occasion was impeachment.
George Mason asked if the president has "the power of granting pardons before indictment, or conviction, may he not stop inquiry and prevent detection?" 
James Madison responded, "If the President be connected, in any suspicious manner, with any Person, and there be grounds to believe he will shelter him, the House of Representatives can impeach him"
