pardons to hundreds of nonviolent drug offenders. presidents get in trouble when they go outside that process. bill clinton went outside that process to pardon mark rich. president trump, the pardon of scooter libby, joe arpaio, was not in that process. it s problematic, it s politically troubling, but as a matter of presidential power, there s no doubt that the president has the authority to do it. i m so glad jeffrey s finally, finally learning that the president really does have these enormous powers under the unitary executive, to pardon, to fire, to end an investigation. it doesn t make them right. i don t condone the president telling people to stop an investigation or go soft, but i would distinguish and jeffrey now distinguishes between what s right and what s unlawful. thank you for patronizing me so gently there, but i actually don t think it s the same thing