In a new book, Jeffrey Toobin makes a convincing case that Ford’s pardon of President Nixon set the stage for unchecked ...

The Politics of Presidential Mercy, by Jeffrey Toobin “When it comes to pardons, presidents are kings,” the legal journalist Jeffrey Toobin writes in his new book, “The Pardon: The Politics of ...

It might require amending the Constitution, but the United States should rein in the pardoning power of the president, the ...

For those not blinded by partisan politics, there is an obvious difference between Biden’s preemptive pardons and these Trump ...

For those not blinded by partisan politics, there is an obvious difference between Biden’s preemptive pardons and these Trump ...

A constitutional amendment seems appropriate — perhaps a supplement to Article II, Section 2, stipulating that a pardon, to ...

When President Ford pardoned President Nixon, he gave a nine-minute address to the American people. "Difficult decisions always come to this desk," Ford said at the time. "Someone must write the end.

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.

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.

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 ...