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 ...
Ex-Ohio State coach Jim Tressel joins a long list of sports figures who’ve moved into politics
College Football Hall of Fame coach Jim Tressel, who won the 2002 national title at Ohio State University, has been nominated ...
Column: The US needs to rein in presidential pardon power
It might require amending the Constitution, but the United States should rein in the pardoning power of the president, the ...
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 ...
Robert A. Levy: The U.S. needs to rein in presidential pardon power
A constitutional amendment seems appropriate — perhaps a supplement to Article II, Section 2, stipulating that a pardon, to ...
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 ...
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Adler: Time to amend the Constitution: Corral the presidential pardon power
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 ...
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Pinch of Salt: We need to return to civics and the rule of law
Fewer and fewer people seem to understand how our government was designed to work, Grunion columnist Harry Saltzgaver writes.
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Time to amend the Constitution: Corral the presidential pardon power
At its best, the presidential pardon power is a tool of mercy, an instrument to correct abuses of power and miscarriages of ...