Bill Clinton was accused of selling a pardon. Joe Biden tried to put a legal cocoon around his family. Donald Trump granted ...
It might require amending the Constitution, but the United States should rein in the pardoning power of the president, the ...
A constitutional amendment seems appropriate — perhaps a supplement to Article II, Section 2, stipulating that a pardon, to ...
At its best, the presidential pardon power is a tool of mercy, an instrument to correct abuses of power and miscarriages of ...
In a new book, Jeffrey Toobin makes a convincing case that Ford’s pardon of President Nixon set the stage for unchecked ...
The pardon was the latest overture between the president and the former governor, who is still known in Chicago simply as ...
Ultimately, reforming the pardon power is crucial to ensuring that the president remains accountable to the law and the ...
Trump commuted Blagojevich’s 14-year sentence for political corruption charges during his first term. He planned to sign the ...