It is controversial because the President can pardon anyone! Take Nixon and Goldwater for example. Nixon was convicted of spying on th opposite party. Nixon stepped down, but was still charged. When Goldwater became president, he pardoned Nixon of all of his charges which caused a huge uproar. That's fair, right?
The answer is gold speculators
The colonies wanted to break away from Great Britian. ... Colonists protesting the taxes passed by Parliament. The colonists had to follow British laws and had to do whatever the King of England and Parliament told them to do. The colonists wanted to be able to control their own government.
FDR wanted some things to pass in Congress, but he did not get the required votes. Because of that, the dude wanted to change the amount of people who were able to vote so he could get more votes. He was basically abusing his power
