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

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 ...

The High Court has issued a rule questioning why it would not be unconstitutional to pardon a convicted prisoner without a ...

The administration’s explanations are a cover: Trump is using his power to shield allies and punish opponents. What is ...

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

Reading Jeffrey Toobin's "The Pardon," which focuses on Gerald Ford's decision to pardon Richard Nixon, the urge to contrast then and now is irresistible, writes Law Journal columnist Joel Cohen in a ...

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 ...

The Oval Office dustup was a well-prepared trap for the Ukrainian President. Republican Senator Lindsey Graham suggested as ...

Trump has dubiously tried to use Johnson, whom he pardoned of a nonviolent drug charge in 2020, as a symbol of his compassion.

However, the terrifying reality is that constitutional and legal safeguards, long assumed to be bulwarks against ...