Should We Get Rid of the Pardon Power? | Mr. Beat

03/01/2025 16 min

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Episode Synopsis

Mr. Beat examines the history of the pardon power. I beg your pardon, but he also looks at the pros and cons of pardons.

Uh ok, so this is, like, the description of the video so keep reading. Produced by Matt Beat. Filmed by Matt Beat. Additional images used under fair use guidelines or found in the public domain. Music by ‪@ElectricNeedleRoom‬ (Mr. Beat's band), Oatmello, Media Right Productions, Kevin MacLeod, Cheel, Dyalla, Audionautix, and Jimmy Fontanez.
Here's the link to my YouTube video:
https://youtu.be/qGeS-H7uRO4?feature=shared

Here's an annotated script with footnotes: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1k...

Sources/further reading:
The Presidential Pardon Power by Jeffrey Crouch
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https://heinonline.org/HOL/Page?handl...
https://heinonline.org/HOL/Page?handl...https://washingtonmonthly.com/2020/01...https://www.freeadvice.com/legal/clem...
https://www.pewresearch.org/short-rea...https://chicagounbound.uchicago.edu/c...
https://www.whitehousehistory.org/the...
https://www.law.cornell.edu/constitut...https://www.lawfaremedia.org/article/...
https://constitution.congress.gov/bro...#pardons #legal #apgovt

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