How this unfettered clemency power came to be written into our Constitution and how, in spite of frequent abuse, it seems ...

The pushback is raising profound, untested questions about the presidential pardon power itself: How can courts be sure what was in a president’s mind when he signed a pardon using broad, ambiguous ...

The judicial system has started to rule against the administration’s decimation of the civil service. If only it could ...

Trump can pardon Chauvin’s 20-year federal convictions for violating Floyd’s civil rights, but pardoning or commuting Chauvin ...

Probably, many legal authorities say. And yet, the case for unlimited pardons is less than compelling. Article II, Section 2 of the Constitution grants the president nearly plenary “power to grant ...

The appointment of Alice Marie Johnson, herself pardoned by the president in 2020, has drawn praise from groups that often ...

The constitution states that “The President . . . shall have Power to grant … Pardons for Offences against the United States, except in Cases of Impeachment.” Although pardons have always ...

The new administration has created a system for awarding clemency that underscores the president’s grievances about what he ...

Donald Trump led a bipartisan effort during his first term to pass the First Step Act—landmark legislation designed to ...

The former cop was convicted in Minnesota of killing George Floyd and pleaded guilty to federal civil rights violations.

Still, early proponents of the pardon power insisted that it ultimately benefited the people. Alexander Hamilton called the pardon “the benign prerogative” that would soften the harsh ...