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

Payback and projection have long been two of President Trump’s touchstones. He settles scores in return for every perceived ...

The pardon power is a rare instance where our government has enshrined the quality of mercy. That's a virtue we should value ...

and then abuses the power of the pardon. Biden set a bad example and abused his power. It shakes public confidence in our institutions of government. James A. Marples Longview, Texas ...

“I conceive that the President ought not to have the power of pardoning, because he may frequently pardon crimes which were advised by himself,” George Mason, a notable outlier, presciently ...

The debate is now long-settled — Article II’s expansive pardon power lies with the president and is to generally remain untouched by congress — “the strongest example of constitutional ...

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 ...

For example, Gerald Ford’s preemptive pardon ... or records of the Constitutional Convention suggests that the pardon power was meant to apply speculatively. Moreover, the acknowledged purposes ...

For example, Gerald Ford’s preemptive pardon of Richard Nixon ... Indeed, nothing in the Federalist Papers or records of the Constitutional Convention suggests that the pardon power was meant to apply ...

For example, Gerald Ford’s preemptive pardon ... or records of the Constitutional Convention suggests that the pardon power was meant to apply speculatively. Thus, whether referring to the ...