Should We Get Rid of the Pardon Power? #mrbeat

<p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/@iammrbeat" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Mr. Beat</a> 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 <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@ElectricNeedleRoom" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">‪@ElectricNeedleRoom‬</a> (Mr. Beat's band), Oatmello, Media Right Productions, Kevin MacLeod, Cheel, Dyalla, Audionautix, and Jimmy Fontanez.</p><p>Here's the link to my YouTube video:</p><p><a href="https://youtu.be/qGeS-H7uRO4?feature=shared" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://youtu.be/qGeS-H7uRO4?feature=shared</a>Here's an annotated script with footnotes: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/redirect?event=video_description&amp;redir_token=QUFFLUhqa2QyWG9WSi0xOFhfNVZfT2JwcVFZTXpDdktfQXxBQ3Jtc0tscWtpVTNqRnJYQzhsRHNJbU9FY3NaR2VDWnlyVUdfbmlZZFNDWXhEbC1JMDZXS09IZzF4di1sSGRUOWYyNTY5NkpPV2U0VEJGaWpmSE9KWlBUbnZ3T0xLU1FuX1VlNUM0LWhnak9xZlpSbGM5eVBRYw&amp;q=https%3A%2F%2Fdocs.google.com%2Fdocument%2Fd%2F1kQqmEKhtWpsla-79DP0rXh-NtHojQ_uZWH7wxPxQr_k%2Fedit%3Fusp%3Dsharing&amp;v=qGeS-H7uRO4" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://docs.google.com/document/d/1k...</a>Sources/further reading:The Presidential Pardon Power by Jeffrey CrouchPurchase here: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/redirect?event=video_description&amp;redir_token=QUFFLUhqbGpjVGVUSW5jdDRfSmpWa3hXdUkzM2JaUFE1Z3xBQ3Jtc0ttOXRpZU5EYUx6MTBXMW9KVUo4UkdSak10ZnVtcWdOVDJkSGtTbTNuQXJ1V0VoZm53blY5c0NXVDVGQnNtTHhNMDNqQzd5TXlObmNHdVgyVXAyR05OWElvaVhEcHBzS2lyQ2dkd05iOTk4Z2k0dVAxMA&amp;q=https%3A%2F%2Famzn.to%2F4foDhaK&amp;v=qGeS-H7uRO4" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://amzn.to/4foDhaK</a> <a 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