You are right. There is a SCOTUS case on the issue.
What really hasn’t been addressed is if a POTUS can pardon himself.
“What really hasn’t been addressed is if a POTUS can pardon himself.”
Under the constitution, Amendment XIV, one cannot become President if one has been proven to have given aid and comfort to the enemy. Keeping an unsecured server that our enemies can access lends itself to this situation, and the FBI is pursuing this as we speak/
http://www.heritage.org/constitution/#!/amendments/14/essays/173/disqualification-for-rebellion