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It's unclear. "Presidents do have broad — but not unlimited — pardoning power." "The framers of the Constitution put the presidential pardoning power into the
by jzebedee 9y ago
It's unclear.
"Presidents do have broad — but not unlimited — pardoning power."
"The framers of the Constitution put the presidential pardoning power into the founding document in order to correct unjust prosecutions or convictions — both of which had occurred frequently in England.
At the Constitutional Convention, there was a proposal to exempt treason from the president's pardoning power — the notion being that if a president conspired with subordinates to commit treason, he should not be able to protect himself by pardoning fellow conspirators." [1]
[1] https://www.npr.org/2017/07/29/539856280/could-trump-pardon-himself-probably-not https://www.npr.org/2017/07/29/539856280/could-trump-pardon-...