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lukan | on: Ross Ulbricht granted a full pardon
"Isn't it then just an example of Tyranny of the Majority?"

And how would you call a justice system, so complicated and convulted and therefore expensive that poor people (from minorities) don't really stand a chance to get their justice there?

Obviously Ross was not in that group, but I see presidential pardon as a potential tool to counter the flaws of the justice system.

Propelloni | parent | next
Unjust? Broken? But adding one broken thing to another broken thing will do nothing to fix any one of them.
lukan | root | parent | next
Do you have concrete ideas on how to improve?

And till those steps are implemented, don't you think you would enjoy it, if the next president would pardon Snowden, or your personal favorite case of unjustice?

Propelloni | root | parent
As if the laws and justice of a nation are a questions of personal favorites! Maybe I have read too much enlightenment philosophers, but I happen to think in terms of general principles in this case.

This might be a good first step, too. Read more books from a time when people were struggling with arbitrary justice.

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stuartjohnson12 | root | parent
If my server is unreliable, adding an unreliable backup is better than nothing.
dredmorbius | root | parent | next
That really depends. There are times when adding backups or "safety" features can make circumstances worse.
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Propelloni | root | parent
Maybe, but do you think it is good enough?
oneeyedpigeon | parent
The justice system is flawed, but I don't see how adding a political dimension makes it any better.
lukan | root | parent
Because fundamentally the idea is to be a democracy.

The laws should represent, what the people want. Not a small caste of lawyers and lobbyist what it often rather seems to be.

Presidential power is a direct way to represent peoples wishes. Or well, could be, if the voting system wouldn't be flawed as well ..