I think Trump would fire any US Attorney who forces him to actually write a pardon. The clear expectation of federal prosecutors is that it's off-limits to criminally pursue Trump functionaries carrying out his orders.

He's fired 30+ AUSA's just *this week*, because they had previously prosecuted Trump allies.

I guess it's up to the states to sue the government then. Trump can't fire publicly elected state AG's.

If he's gonna try to privatize everything with "state's rights", we gotta use those state's powers against him. Using the rulebook he's bound by.

I have a sneaking suspicion that pardons aren't going to mean much at the end of this term.

if the term ends ...

I'm afraid you're not going to get an answer that you're going to like.