After Hunter, Biden’s Real Power Move Would Be to Pardon Trump

President Joe Biden’s pardon of Hunter Biden ended the nearly decade-long prosecution of his only surviving son and immediately provoked the expected storm of criticism. The criticism, whether from Republicans or Democrats is unjustified. As pardons go, this one was well within norms, righteous, and gives us a glimpse of how this ultimate exercise of executive power can potentially be used to heal and even protect.

The Presidential pardon power smacks of Kings and rulers, not democratic leaders. English history dates pardons back to King Ine of Wessex in the 7th Century.

Common sense informs that it...