Well the Brookings Insitute came out with a huge report that stated in late 1st term of Trump saying “preemptive pardons” are not legal and could be challenged and overturned. This report was written by a number of legal minds including several living SCOTUS retired justices and others.
They can crow about that, but the Nixon preemptive pardon has been the standard for over 40 years. R’s and D’s love presidential powers.
Interesting. Kaylee McEnany just stated on Fox that the Trump administration legal team had studied it and deemed it to be legitimate.
Pardons are generally thought of as bomb proof.
That's probably wise, IMHO.