TexasFreeper2009 wrote: “State crimes are another matter though, so a president who murdered his wife for instance, could still be prosecuted for that, because a president cant pardon a state crime.”
And, if the ‘crime’ is committed on federal property, it remains a federal crime.
the thing is whether it’s right or wrong, or whether you agree with it or not. In many ways the framers of the constitution gave the president nearly unlimited power, more or less an elected king. The only limitations being the powers expressly given to congress and the courts.
So, it would be “legal” for the Vice President to murder the President in the White House?
The VP becomes president and pardons themselves?
That doesn’t sound right.