Should We Get Rid of the Pardon Power?

Get 50% off your first order of CookUnity meals — go to https://cookunity.com/mrbeat and use my code MRBEAT50 at checkout to try them out for yourself! Thanks to CookUnity for sponsoring this video! 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 an annotated script with footnotes: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1kQqmEKhtWpsla-79DP0rXh-NtHojQ_uZWH7wxPxQr_k/edit?usp=sharing Sources/further reading: The Presidential Pardon Power by Jeffrey Crouch Purchase here: https://amzn.to/4foDhaK https://heinonline.org/HOL/Page?handle=hein.journals/arzjl51&div=6&g_sent=1&casa_token=&collection=journals https://heinonline.org/HOL/Page?handle=hein.journals/ylr106&div=33&g_sent=1&casa_token=&collection=journals https://washingtonmonthly.com/2020/01/11/get-rid-of-the-presidential-pardon/ https://www.freeadvice.com/legal/clemency-vs-pardon/ https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2021/01/22/trump-used-his-clemency-power-sparingly-despite-a-raft-of-late-pardons-and-commutations/ https://chicagounbound.uchicago.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=14190&context=journal_articles https://www.whitehousehistory.org/the-history-of-the-pardon-power https://www.law.cornell.edu/constitution-conan/article-2/section-2/clause-1/historical-background-on-pardon-power https://www.lawfaremedia.org/article/self-pardons-president-cant-pardon-himself-so-why-do-people-think-he-can https://constitution.congress.gov/browse/essay/artII-S2-C1-3-1/ALDE_00013316/ #pardons #legal #apgovt Join this channel to get access to perks: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCmYesELO6axBrCuSpf7S9DQ/join For business inquiries or to send snail mail to Mr. Beat: https://www.iammrbeat.com/contact.html https://www.youtube.com/c/iammrbeat/about How to support and donate to my channel: Subscribe to @iammrbeat & hit the notification bell 🔔 Join for great perks on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/iammrbeat Donate to Mr. Beat on Paypal: https://www.paypal.me/mrbeat Buy Mr. Beat a coffee: https://ko-fi.com/iammrbeat Cameo: https://www.cameo.com/iammrbeat Subscribe to my second channel: The Beat Goes On Patreon for The Beat Goes On: https://www.patreon.com/thebeatgoeson Connect with me: Links: https://linktr.ee/iammrbeat Website: https://www.iammrbeat.com/ Podcast: https://anchor.fm/thebeatpod Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/mrbeat/ @beatmastermatt on Twitter: https://twitter.com/beatmastermatt Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/iammrbeat/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/iammrbeat Beatcord: https://discord.gg/g8cZPjt TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@iammrbeat Merch: https://matt-beat-shop.fourthwall.com/ https://www.bonfire.com/store/mr-beat/ https://sfsf.shop/support-mrbeat/ https://amzn.to/3fdakiZ Affiliate Links: Useful Charts: https://usefulcharts.com/?aff=12 Fourthwall: https://link.fourthwall.com/MrBeat StreamYard: https://streamyard.com/pal/d/5272340869152768