Obama will be distributing the “pardon me” get out of jail free cards.
But I have to wonder, is there a crime so bad he wouldn’t issue a pardon for it?
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Pardoning pedophiles will put Obama in jail.
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.’’