Saving the country from bitter turmoil is one of the reasons why the president has a pardon power. In Federalist 74, Alexander Hamilton argued that the president should have the sole power to pardon to "restore the tranquility of the commonwealth." A pardon, however, would not just be a get-out-of-jail free card. It would signal that Clinton violated the law with her private email server and mishandling of classified information. Nor would a pardon bar the Justice Department from fully investigating any corruption involving the Clinton Foundation. A pardon would show that a President-elect Trump can win with grace, put the nastiness of the campaign behind us all, and focus our energies on the future.