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To: JediJones

http://www.nytimes.com/1988/01/05/opinion/l-constitution-allows-pardons-before-conviction-590688.html

The leading Supreme Court case is Ex parte Garland (1867). Justice Stephen J. Field, writing for the Court in a 5-4 decision, held that the President’s pardoning power is ‘’unlimited,’’ and ‘’It extends to every offense known to the law, and may be exercised at any time after its commission, either before legal proceedings are taken, or during their pendency, or after conviction and judgment.’’


166 posted on 11/02/2016 9:55:16 AM PDT by lancium
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To: lancium

to clarify before more people jump to conclusions from your link

Accordingly, the Constitution simply provides that the President ‘’shall have power to grant reprieves and pardons for offenses AGAINST THE UNITED STATES EXCEPT IN CASES OF IMPACHMENT.... (Article II, section 2).


213 posted on 11/02/2016 10:11:29 AM PDT by rolling_stone (not this time!)
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To: lancium

so what?....I don’t care about convictions I care about this horrible woman and her horrible so called husband being banished from good society.....Toons to the dunes!


280 posted on 11/02/2016 11:20:51 AM PDT by cherry
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