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[–] Boddhisatva@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

He can’t blanket pardon people.

Where did you get that idea? It's been done before. In 1977 for example, President Carter, issued a blanket pardon to everyone who dodged the draft during the Vietnam war.

There are, in fact, very few limitations on the power of the pardon.