Pardon power is almost unbounded — excluding only state crimes, civil liability, future crimes and crimes by the president ...

Former President Joe Biden's pardon of Judge Michael Conahan drew bipartisan outrage in Pennsylvania, and now, his additional ...

A merican presidents are often disappointed to discover limits to their authority, but the country’s founders intended the ...

Biden was undeterred by the flagrant conflict of interest in pardoning his own family members. He is a recidivist on that ...

We noticed Monday morning a number of social media posts blasting President Joe Biden for preemptively granting pardons to ...

The pardon power — a relic of English monarchs that was adopted by America’s founders as a way to extend grace and mercy in exceptional circumstances — can’t be checked by Congress or the ...

It was a novel and innovative use of the presidential pardon power. members of the House committee that investigated the ...

At its best, the presidential pardon power is a tool of mercy, an instrument to correct abuses of power and miscarriages of justice. At its worst, this imperial power can be employed as a corrupt ...

At its best, the presidential pardon power is a tool of mercy, an instrument to correct abuses of power and miscarriages of justice. At its worst, this imperial power can be employed as a corrupt ...

Kim Wehle is now back on the show. She's the author of "Pardon Power: How The Pardon System Works–And Why." Kim, what did you make of those last-minute announcements? KIM WEHLE: I think they ...

Inauguration Day began and ended with unusual pardons from two presidents that legal and democracy scholars say reflected a lack of faith in the justice system, just as Donald Trump entered office.

There’s lots of talk about pardons out there, and a lot of it’s crazy talk. A lot of it is just wrong. The president has the absolute power to pardon federal crimes, but only federal crimes.