Hello! I was scrolling along until I saw an article about a Pardon in Texas. In the comment section people talked about how pardons are even still a thing and one User pointed out that they are totally easy to abuse. Like why can’t a governor hire a hitman to kill his political Opponents and then just pardon him? Would this be possible? Can a governor or let’s say the president just straight up do that?
Thank you all in advance!
The president has trained assassins at his disposal at all times. They don’t need to hire some two bit Craigslist assassin. That said, deploying said assassins must be done covertly, since it violates international law. Deploying one against a US political candidate would be the end of our country as we know it. That would be it. That’s the end of democracy.