With the president's pardon power, he can effectively overrule the courts.
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Formerly everyone here would likely have recoiled at the suggestion of such a shady tactic. (We're not normally the 'Screw it, let's just violate judges' orders and then get a pardon!' side. :)
Then the presidential pardon was abused insanely; and our system of justice (which would work fine if followed faithfully) was weaponized to violate the rights of Donald and Melania Trump and, by extension, ALL private American citizens. It was done in a grotesque, exaggerated, pornographic way that was so grossly disgusting and abusive, so viscerally offensive to everyone with a moral compass or even common decency, that it changed the rules of play.
Pardoning those abused by our (in)justice system is something Trump is already famous for. In both terms of office he has freed nonviolent offenders sentenced to either totally invalid or unduly harsh prison terms, most recently the J6 Hostage Heroes.
No one on earth, especially in a constitutional Republic, should be imprisoned for defending free and fair, democratically administered elections. Likewise, no one should be imprisoned for helping to remove violent alien criminals from our country.