The pardon power is something placed in the body of the Constitution by the Founders - it isn’t even an amendment. It is a power that cannot be reviewed or modified in any way.
Methinks that Judge Bolton needs to be impeached if she is incapable of understanding this. She has, of course, the right to her opinion. If she wanted to pen and op-ed about this, or write a letter to Trump or members of Congress about it, I’m fine with that. But a pardon is a pardon. The future of Joe Arpaio is clear - he CANNOT serve a single day in jail, nor be fined, nor punished in any way at all for the offense for which Trump pardoned him.
Please, Bolton, throw him in jail. I WANT to see not only a Section 1983 suit for your violation of Arpaio’s civil rights under color of law, but I WANT to see at least one federal judge impeached and removed from office by Congress in my lifetime. Do it, PLEASE!
I don’t know how old you are, but Alcee Hastings was removed from the bench in my lifetime.
He’s now a Democrat in Congress.