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

Carter's inaugural words will one day be the political epitaph of John Swinney. The First Minister, like Ford, is a ...

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 ...

During the dismal days that followed Watergate and the resignation of President Richard Nixon, there was a dark-humored joke that made the rounds. It went something like this: As Nixon was making his ...

Opinion: At its best, the presidential pardon power is a tool of mercy, an instrument to correct abuses of power and ...

The most famous example is Gerald Ford’s pardon of Richard Nixon, who never fully acknowledged his role in Watergate. Then there was George H.W. Bush’s decision to pardon Casper Weinberger ...

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.

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.

One thing we saw lots of this week as power switched from one political party to the other was presidential pardons.

He was adopted by his mother’s second husband, Gerald ... 1974 – Nixon submits his resignation as president to Secretary of State Henry Kissinger. August 9, 1974 – Ford is sworn in as ...