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I really wish he would have pardoned Snowden in addition to this.

• yellowapple 9y ago
  My understanding is that doing so wasn't technically possible, since Snowden has yet to stand trial and thus has yet to be found guilty of any crime (thus leaving nothing for the President to pardon).
  • turc1656 9y ago
    True, but the president actually has the ability to grant pre-indictment pardons based on a supreme court ruling from 1867. http://www.nytimes.com/1988/01/05/opinion/l-constitution-allows-pardons-before-conviction-590688.html http://www.nytimes.com/1988/01/05/opinion/l-constitution-all... "It extends to every offense known to the law, and may be exercised at any time after its commission, either before legal proceedings are taken, or during their pendency, or after conviction and judgment."
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