If we keep pardons, no reason to give that power to the executive branch at all.

There are lots of executive actions which require consent of congress. I think that would work fine here. Obviously, the point is for congress to have a means of overriding a corrupt pardon (not that such a thing would ever happen!)

	▲	ethbr1 30 minutes ago \| parent [-]
		The benefit of vesting a power in the executive is unity of purpose (regardless of what administration is in power). The benefit of Congress is slowing and deliberating over knee-jerk decisions. Having the President initiate and Congress approve plays to the strengths of both offices.