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To: Mercat; hanamizu

You are correct; I was mistaken. Presidential pardon power extends to all offenses except in cases of impeachment. Not sure where I translated cases of impeachment to treason, but I clearly misremembered my past readings of Article II.


11 posted on 12/20/2016 8:03:41 AM PST by VRWCmember
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To: VRWCmember

I didn’t say you were wrong but I had never heard that. Thanks for checking.


13 posted on 12/20/2016 8:05:42 AM PST by Mercat (Men never do evil so fully and cheerfully as when they do it out of conscience.” (Blaise Pascal))
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