Presidential pardons are broad and powerful. Their history, from the Civil War on, illuminates abuse concerns and how reforms ...

President Trump took pardon abuse to a new level this year with a string of dubious clemencies that together present a unique ...

Let's see, should we start by mentioning President Donald Trump's blanket pardon of virtually all of the hundreds of convicts ...

One of our nation’s key founding principles is the rule of law — the idea that every person and institution within a government is subject to the same set of rules. I deeply believe in the rule of law ...

I have generally supported presidential pardons in the past because they serve as an expression of the public’s desire to extend grace. However, I have strong reservations about how President Donald ...

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The presidential pardon is a clause in the Constitution. With 11 elected American officials having received clemency from President Trump this year, is this power being misused? Professor Sai Prakash ...

Every now and then an idea circulates that we ought to amend the Constitution. Sometimes it’s from the left (e.g., repeal or clarify the Second Amendment), sometimes from the right (define marriage as ...

In the last week and a half, President Donald Trump issued full and unconditional pardons to… Former Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernandez, who in 2024 was sentenced to 45 years in prison after ...

President Joe Biden has been busy as his days in the White House wind down. He's banned everything from off-shore drilling to certain hot water heaters. In December, he commuted nearly 1,500 sentences ...