Someone has to be in charge of enforcing things.
> Why do we elect the executive at all if they are merely to enforce written law?
Do you have a suggestion of another way to do it that doesn't put congress in charge?
Also the president has some other very important roles.
> Why do executives have the power to pardon someone when a court of law finds a person guilty of breaking law?
That one is definitely subjective by its nature, but also the average number of pardons is around two thousand, a very small fraction of cases.
Someone has to be in charge of enforcing things.
> Why do we elect the executive at all if they are merely to enforce written law?
Do you have a suggestion of another way to do it that doesn't put congress in charge?
Also the president has some other very important roles.
> Why do executives have the power to pardon someone when a court of law finds a person guilty of breaking law?
That one is definitely subjective by its nature, but also the average number of pardons is around two thousand, a very small fraction of cases.