Biden Pardoning Hunter Proves That Being a Biden Is a Get Out of Jail Free Card

It's been a big week for Joe Biden's presidential pardons. He kicked it off by sparing a pair of turkeys and wrapped it up by gobbling up controversy, pardoning his son Hunter.

Biden had previously promised Americans he would not use his clemency power to shield his son from the two criminal cases against him. That pledge lasted about as long as Thanksgiving leftovers.

I've previously argued that, compared to the authority granted to all the other government actors at the federal, state, and local levels, the president's powers are limited. But the pardon power is among the strongest of a chief executive's tools.

Some founding fathers, including George Mason, worried about abuse. Mason even said a president might pardon someone just to cover up the president's involvement in that person's crimes...