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CMV:Pardons in the United States should be issued by the Supreme Court (SCOTUS) or the Chief Justice (CJ) instead of the president.

1. The judiciary is typically the branch of government farthest removed from politics and, as a result, less likely to pardon or not pardon based on popular opinion.

2. We already allow the courts a certain amount of discretion in issuing sentences and setting aside guilty verdicts; allowing the SCOTUS/CJ to issue pardons is a logical extension of this fact.

3. Having the SCOTUS/CJ make the pardoning decision prevents a criminal president from pardoning themselves or their criminal associates and prevents a Vice-President from pardoning a president after the president resigns in a quid pro quo fashion.

4. In the event the pardoning power is abused, Justices can still be removed from office by impeachment.
gpt
This would create a conflict of interest with the judiciary branch and could in effect allow the judicial branch to craft laws and policy, which they are currently not allowed to do as it is not their job. The CJ could decide that they don't like a specific law and are going to pardon everyone who has been convicted of that crime, which would make them political. 

It's the judiciary's job to enforce laws, not to decide which laws they don't like. If there is an unpopular law it is on the legislature to change the law or the executive branch to direct which laws should be given priority.