U.S. presidents have the constitutional power to exercise leniency toward people who have committed federal crimes through ...

"The increased pardon activity has elevated public attention on pardon power. This article explores the history, scope, and limitations of the pardon power, and provides answers to some practical ...

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 ...

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

I do hereby grant unconditional pardons to all United States persons for those offenses against the United States which such persons may have ...

I do hereby grant unconditional pardons to all United States persons for those offenses against the United States which such ...

On the final day of his presidency, Joe Biden issued preemptive pardons to close family members and adversaries of President ...

Fewer and fewer people seem to understand how our government was designed to work, Grunion columnist Harry Saltzgaver writes.

Doubts about the wisdom and judgment of pardons granted over the past half century by Presidents Gerald Ford, George H.W. Bush, Joe Biden and Donald Trump have made a compelling case for the amendment ...

The pardon power of the president is close to absolute. And most presidents, until Biden and Trump, have been careful not to ...