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There is a long history of blanket pardons, isn't there?

Yes, this seems like a constitutional test. If you need this pardon to stand up, you'd better get the certificate from the WH pardon lawyer with your name on it.

Jimmy Carter did the same almost half a century ago by granting a blanket pardon to Vietnam war draft dodgers, and all of them have lived to a ripe old age without being taken to court to test the pardon.

I mean, they have been. Trump pardoned so many people in his last few weeks.