Nixon Pardon Revisited


On the day of President Ford's death people in the news are praising his decision to pardon Nixon saying that Ford "Healed the nations woulds and brought Americans together after Watergate". I am not one of those who share that opinion. Nixon broke the law. He abused his power as president for his own personal gain. By pardoning Nixon he cheated America out of justice and a change to show the world the even the president isn't above the law. Instead America is left with a legacy the high ranking officials who break the law will be pardoned "for the good of the nation".

I wonder if we would be Iraq today and our current elected officials would flaunt the law the way they are today if Nixon had faced justice. We will never know if Ford was chosen because he made a promise to pardon Nixon if he was given the job. I believe that it was wrong for an unelected president to pardon the person who appointed him. Elected officials who break the law should face justice and I hope that we don't see justice cheated again by presidential pardons.