Or, if the Dems win both the House and the Senate this fall...
and it looks like the big guns are going to be seriously investigated, I predict that Cheney, et al will be pardoned; in fact I predict that if the investigations get close enough to indictments, then convictions; Bush will pardon Cheney, resign, and Cheney will pardon Bush.
I don't seem to recall anything in the Constitution about a power of presidential pardon... did I miss something? I think it's time to take that power away... follow me over the flip.
I think it's time to take away the power of presidential pardon. Every recent President has abused it, except for Carter. I expect pardons for Gonzales, Rice, Rumsfeld, Cheney. I don't expect pardons for ordinary ReThugs like Delay and Hastert.
Also, another issue I've been wondering about is impeachment. It seems its primary use is partisan vindictiveness and abuse of majority powers. Johnson and Clinton are both examples of this. Would it be easier/more effective to allow the President to be charged in a criminal suit while in office and forced to resign the office if convicted? I don't have a good solution here but the current mechanism is obviously not working.