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To: RegulatorCountry

The president has the power to pardon. That’s in the Constitution. He doesn’t have the power to grant blanket immunity from future prosecution.


43 posted on 10/12/2016 2:09:40 PM PDT by Bob (No, being a US Senator and the Secretary of State are not accomplishments; they're jobs.)
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To: Bob

What, then, was Nixon pardoned for? He hadn’t been convicted of anything himself.


45 posted on 10/12/2016 2:11:19 PM PDT by RegulatorCountry
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