Presidential Pardons

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• SOURCE: Made By History at the Washington Post
  1/17/2021
  

  No, the Constitution Does not Allow President Trump to Pardon Himself

  by Dale Carpenter

  The history of debate over the pardon power in the Constitiution strongly supports the claim that a president's pardon of themselves would be unconstitutional. 

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• SOURCE: The New Yorker
  1/15/2021
  

  The Lessons of the Nixon Pardon

  Isaac Chotiner interviews Rick Perlstein on the nature of presidential misconduct and accountability. 

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• 1/17/2021
  

  Were Trump's Pardons Even Legal?

  by James D. Zirin

  Almost all the pundits, constitutional lawyers, and members of the professoriate are laying down their arms, largely conceding that the President has broad powers to pardon anyone in the world, with the possible exception of himself. But are they giving too much away?"

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• 1/13/2021
  

  The Problem with a Self-Pardon

  by Robert J. Spitzer

  It is likely that the issue of a president's ability to pardon himself will be contested in short order. A constitutional scholar of the presidency explains why such an action cannot be countenanced in a society of law. 

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• 12/20/2020
  

  Worst Pardon Ever? You'll Be Surprised

  by Michael Genovese

  The prospect of Trump issuing pardons to his family (and even trying to pardon himself) and the contentious history of pardons should be cause to limit the pardon power by providing for Congressional oversight. 

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• SOURCE: National Geographic
  12/4/2020
  

  The Contentious History of U.S. Presidential Pardons—From the Whiskey Rebellion to Watergate

  Rumors that Donald Trump has considered offering preemptive pardons to his children and inner circle of advisors prompt a consideration of the history of the pardon power.