Media reports say President Biden is about to issue a slew of blanket pre-emptive pardons for people associated with his administration to thwart any "revenge" the incoming Trump administration might take against them.
While the Founders intended presidential power to be nearly unlimited (there is an exception for a president who has been impeached), their intent was quite different from its use by modern presidents.
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