I don't know where the headline comes from, it isn't accurate. The pardon power was debated at the Constitutional Convention. Some attendees argued against a pa

I don't know where the headline comes from, it isn't accurate. The pardon power was debated at the Constitutional Convention. Some attendees argued against a pardon power because the President could use it to pardon crimes he was himself guilty of, even treason. James Madison argued that impeachment is the answer for abuses of the pardon power, and his view won out. The framers granted the power with their eyes wide open.