Letters to the Editor: Adam Schiff’s admirable stance against preemptive pardons
LA TimesTo the editor: As a lifelong Republican, I may disagree with Adam Schiff on social and economic issues. His fealty to the Constitution and rule of law is newly demonstrated by his opposition to a preemptive pardon by President Biden because it would set a detrimental precedent. To the editor: Creating a precedent for a preemptive pardon is absolutely justified to counter a president-elect’s threat to jail his political opponents. Michelle Obama was right when she said, “When they go low, we go high.” But if Democrats want to win, it needs to be, “When they go low, we nip their shenanigans in the bud.” Maybe the framers of our Constitution were smart enough to give the president broad pardoning power in anticipation of a wannabe dictator becoming president. Hunter Biden’s crimes pale in comparison to President-elect Donald Trump’s alleged crimes and those of others Trump pardoned in his first term and plans to pardon when he becomes president again.