[Bill W was a conservative]

I am ignorant about these things, but can you get pardoned - by a governor or a president - for something you haven’t yet been cited for? I’d like one for speeding tickets, please.

[Buckeye McFrog]

Gerald Ford pardoned Richard Nixon upon taking office in 1974. At that point in time Nixon had been convicted of nothing.

Public anger over that was the major reason Ford lost the ‘76 election and we got saddled with Jimmah Cahtah for four years.

[JamesP81]

I am ignorant about these things, but can you get pardoned - by a governor or a president - for something you haven’t yet been cited for? I’d like one for speeding tickets, please.

My understanding is that you can be pardoned for an act you've already committed, whether you were prosecuted for it or not. I don't think you can be pardoned for something that has not yet occurred.