Seeing as the politics community only allows links to articles, which I think is stupid horseshit. Let’s talk openly about changes we want to see here. I think the whole “this isn’t the place for politics” is a part of the reason we’re in this shit situation. We’ve let the greedy narcissists take over all discussion while we have no where to reasonably talk about policy.
I’ll start with a couple:
End presidential pardon
Raise federal minimum wage to $15
Federal cannabis legalization (buy/sell/grow)
End daylight savings
Chelsea Manning and Ross Ulbricht would still be in prison if not for that. Are you sure that is something you want?
I’m on the fence about ending pardons altogether because of political prosecutions.
But the power needs limits. Make a pardon require individual names and criminal codes, no blanket pardons. Maybe even wait until after a conviction. Give congress the power to reverse a pardon within a year. And definitely no pardons for people within a president’s own administration (including himself, obviously).
Yes, I don’t care about partisanship regarding it. Even though there were a few that may have deserved it, it’s still not worth the ability to abuse it which we’re seeing now.