The Navy will name two future Gerald R. Ford-class aircraft carriers for former presidents Bill Clinton and George W. Bush.

The future USS William J. Clinton (CVN-82) and USS George W. Bush (CVN-83) will be the fifth and sixth vessels respectively of the Gerald R. Ford class, and will each replace an aging Nimitz-class supercarrier as they enter service.

Now President Biden is mulling his own pre-emptive pardons. But these are of a whole different cloth. In a distressing sign of the political times, Mr. Biden is considering pre-emptive pardons for elected officials and government employees for any possible crimes over several years,