So the president can pardon anyone he wants and he can also arrest anyone he wants as an "enemy combatant" with no evidence required.

Furthermore, once he has you arrested he can torture you all he wants, indefinitely.

So much for checks and balances.

There are no longer 3 branches of government. Instead we have 3 tiers of society: the president and his friends, a bunch of nobodies that the president doesn't care about, and so-called "enemy combatants."