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The Economist
The Economist
23 Jan 2025


NextImg:Two presidents compete over the worst abuse of the pardon power
United States | The quality of mercy

Two presidents compete over the worst abuse of the pardon power

Donald Trump and Joe Biden have both made indefensible decisions

|WASHINGTON, DC

American presidents are often disappointed to discover limits to their authority, but the country’s founders intended the nearly absolute pardon power to be an exception. Alexander Hamilton, for example, believed that legislators should not be involved in the pardons process because “one man appears to be a more eligible dispenser of the mercy of government, than a body of men.” Americans might now question the wisdom of bestowing such responsibility on men like Joe Biden and Donald Trump.

This article appeared in the United States section of the print edition under the headline “The quality of mercy”

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