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

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 ...

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 ...

“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 ...

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 ...

For whatever reason, the writers of our Constitution gave this unchangeable power to the president: “The President … shall have Power to grant Reprieves and Pardons for Offences against the ...