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To: MarvinStinson

i thought mass pardons were not allowed?


26 posted on 04/18/2018 5:53:52 PM PDT by rolling_stone
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To: rolling_stone

There is no effective limit on pardon power. The most famous example of mass pardons was Pres. Andrew Johnson “Proclamation 179”, a mass pardon for treason arising from the Civil War. Jimmy Carter’s mass pardon of draft dodgers was another.


28 posted on 04/18/2018 6:02:36 PM PDT by jjotto ("Ya could look it up!")
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