The risk we are facing is a breakdown in the rule of law in which anyone who is sufficiently politically connected may commit crimes with impunity under the assumption that the President will issue them a blanket pardon. This amendment is the simplest mechanism to fix this.
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4. This article shall be inoperative unless it shall have been ratified as an amendment to the Constitution by the legislatures of the several States, as provided in the Constitution, within seven years from the date of the submission hereof to the States by the Congress
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3. Acceptance of a pardon shall constitute confession of guilt of the crime being pardoned. Acceptance of a reprieve shall not constitute confession of guilt of any crime.
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2. No pardon nor reprieve granted by the President shall be valid for a crime in which the President granting the pardon or reprieve was a participant or conspirator.
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1. The President shall not pardon nor grant reprieve to the President, Vice President, nor any officer of the United States so long as the recipient remains in that respective role.
@arlingtonchurch@BishopBurbidge It is with great sadness that I read this announcement. I have been praying for you in this terrible time. Unfortunately, you made the wrong choice. The right choice was more Masses, as the bishops in Poland have done. It's not too late. You can still change and fix this.