Henry's Cool Idea

Henry at Crooked Timber has the coolest idea of the day. The topic: Dick Cheney. The solution: pardon him. In defense he can speak for himself.   It's sorely tempting but I worry: if pardons become as cheap as postmortem conversions, won't we quickly get to the point where the pardon will be something we issue to every new employee at the beginning of every administration, like the free tote bag and the discount pass for the Gray Line Tour bus?