The next day, Trump pardoned Ross Ulbricht, who had been serving a life sentence for running the "Silk Road" online ...

Elite impunity shouldn’t protect those who covered up war crimes.

There are all sorts of checks and balances baked into the Constitution. But one power sits above the law, untouched by ...

President Trump lately has been dabbling in pardon politics, having arranged for the release of 1,500 supporters who broke into the Capitol building Jan. 6, 2021. And last month, he caused a stir in ...

May saw the death of a retired U.S. Supreme Court justice who came the high court as a Republican but became a favorite among ...

American presidents are empowered by Article II, Section 2 of the U.S. Constitution, "to grant reprieves and pardons for ...

A collection of Confederate generals, including Jefferson Davis, composed by the United States between 1861 and 1865, who ...

Trump issues pardons to allies, prominent public figures and others convicted of defrauding the public, rising criticism over political motives.

revisits Watergate and Gerald Ford’s ensuing pardon of Richard Nixon to delve into these contentious questions. Although it surveys well-covered territory, Toobin’s thought-provoking and ...

Gerald Ford. Toobin’s thesis is brashly revisionist; Ford’s pardon of Richard Nixon has gone down in history as a great act of beneficence. According to conventional wisdom, by immunizing ...

There is some precedent. In 1974, President Gerald Ford pardoned his predecessor, Richard Nixon, following Nixon’s resignation over the Watergate scandal. However, Nixon had not been charged or ...