Gerald Ford’s Unlikely Role in the Imperial Presidency
In a new book, Jeffrey Toobin makes a convincing case that Ford’s pardon of President Nixon set the stage for unchecked ...
Federal judge did not invalidate Joe Biden's preemptive pardons
On the final day of his presidency, Joe Biden issued preemptive pardons to close family members and adversaries of President ...
Flashback: Biden told CNN he would not issue preemptive pardons before leaving office
President Biden previously declared that he would not issue preemptive pardons for his allies during a December 2020 interview with CNN anchor Jake Tapper.
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From Nixon to January 6: The history of presidential pardons
NORTH DAKOTA (KXNET) — This week saw the transfer of power from Joe Biden to Donald Trump, and with it, many things quickly changed about the shape of our country. One thing we saw lots of this ...
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Presidential pardons change lives and legacies. Don’t let them change history. | Opinion
Pardons will always be a president’s attempt to have the last word. Amid the usual public outcry, it’s rare that it works, but in a South Carolina case, it may.
Pardons gone wild: another brick from the wall of political trust | Opinion
The pardon power of the president is close to absolute. And most presidents, until Biden and Trump, have been careful not to ...
Trump and Biden add to long, strange history of presidential pardons
Trump's clemency for Jan. 6 rioters and Biden's reprieve for family represent merely the latest chapters in an odd history of the presidential pardon.
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Biden’s pardon of Jan. 6 committee may be controversial, but it’s not a first | Opinion
Preemptive pardons, like the ones Joe Biden issued in his final hours as president, have been used by Donald Trump, Jimmy Carter and other presidents.