S04E12 - Are presidential pardons out of control?

In this episode of Finding Common Battle Grounds, Josh, Ryan, and Tom discuss the recent spate of Presidential pardons - Biden's pardon of family, friends, and people in his administration and Trump's pardon of nearly 1,500 people who were involved in the January 6th riot. We pretty much agree, though how fun would a podcast be if we all just agree and don't fight over the details?!? We all agreed that Biden should not have felt like he needed to pardon the people he did. Josh insists he pardoned his crime family but Ryan argues that he was protecting people from the clearly stated threats leveled by Kash Patel and Donald Trump. We all also agreed that Trump making a blanket pardon of all 1,500 people was wrong. He should have pardoned the nonviolent individuals, but anyone who physically assaulted a police officer or engaged in conspiracy should not have been pardoned. We all agree that there should be limits to presidential pardons and that the current state of presidential pardons reflects how partisan and divided our country has become.