If President Biden wants to redeem his pledge to unify America, the best thing he could do would be to retreat to Rehoboth Beach with a copy of 74 Federalist. That’s the immortal column in which Hamilton explains the Framers’ thinking in respect of the pardon. Hamilton’s point was that the Framers expected it to be exercised solely by the president, without embarrassment or hesitation, and with an abundance of the spirit of mercy or, one could say, unity.