There Are No Kings in Rome

I have been utterly aghast at the discourse in the media over the last
two years in regards to Trump. The assumption - in all media, by the
way - is that Trump would be able to pardon himself if he became the
President.

Do people actually hear themselves saying this? Do people understand
what they are saying? Have all of our history and social studies classes
taught the entire population literally nothing about this concept?

It is astounding to me that nobody is countering this. Not even on
MSNBC, where liberal and anti-Trump rhetoric resides (thankfully).
Everyone apparently is just comfortable with the idea that if he becomes
the President, he could just do that - that they might not like it,
but that is "the law".

How can anyone believe this utter bullshit? How can anyone believe
that this is "the law"?

There are no kings in America. The Founding Fathers made it clear that a
king was something which they utterly rejected. George Washington was
quite bloody clear on this point when he became the first President of
the United States.

A President who can pardon himself can literally do anything. Even some
autocrats sometimes have to pretend to have limits. But a President
who can pardon himself doesn't have to pretend. He can literally round
up 10,000,000 Americans and gun them down and the law could not touch
him. He could genocide any racial, ethnic, or otherwise group in the
USA, and the law could not touch him. He could literally behead people
live on TV, and the law could not touch him. He would be above the
Constitution, and above any justice whatsoever.

He would be above Congress, and above the Supreme Court.

For a Presidential candidate to even entertain the possibility of a
self-pardon should be tantamount to treason.

Is this really an acceptable position to have for any President?

Not only that, but it would mean that every President in history, and
every future President was, is, and will, be above the law. Do you
think that sounds like the United States of America? Do you think that
fits the ideals of a democracy, or even the barest framework of a
republic?

This should not be something which people just assume is the case.
This should be such a huge and obvious blasphemy (and I don't use that
word lightly) against the very ideals and foundation of the republic. It
is anathema to our entire existence as a nation - historically and in
the present day. One would hope that this would hold in the future as
well.

I implore everyone - everyone - to counter this assumption every time
it is brought up. This is not acceptable. It is not something which
should ever be allowed. It is not American in any sense whatsoever.
I don't care who says anything to the contrary, they are wrong.

Trump cannot simply pardon himself, nor should we ever allow it to
happen.