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mahatmakanejeeves

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Wed Dec 23, 2020, 11:34 PM Dec 2020

George Mason said in 1788 that a President should not be granted the power to pardon ... [View all]

George Mason, delegate to Constitutional Convention, said in 1788 that a President should not be granted power to pardon because he might "pardon crimes which were advised by himself. It may happen, at some future day, that he will establish a monarchy, and destroy the republic."


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