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The point was that preemptive pardons for fugitives is also not without precedent, as you claimed.
by tanderson92 10y ago
The point was that preemptive pardons for fugitives is also not without precedent, as you claimed.
- tptacek 10y agoNeither Nixon nor Weinberger were fugitives. Also: see rest of thread.
- tanderson92 10y agoCorrect! It is fortunate then that the poster mentioned Carter's pardons.
- nabla9 10y agoMy comment used Carter as the example of pardoning fugitives preemptively. https://www.justice.gov/pardon/proclamation-4483-granting-pardon-violations-selective-service-act https://www.justice.gov/pardon/proclamation-4483-granting-pa...