Ford pardoned Richard Nixon, who had not yet been convicted of anything. A pre-emptive pardon.
I may be wrong, but I don’t think the UCMJ has a “pre-emptive pardon” provision.
“I may be wrong, but I don’t think the UCMJ has a “pre-emptive pardon” provision.”
The pardon power of the President is absolute except with respect to impeachment. Article 1, Section 2 of the Constitution states: “The President shall be commander in chief of the Army and Navy of the United States, and of the militia of the several states, when called into the actual service of the United States; he . . . , and he shall have power to grant reprieves and pardons for offenses against the United States, except in cases of impeachment.”