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What gives you the impression pardons are limited to those that are "delivered" and/or "accepted". The Supreme Court apparently ruled that way in a case a long
by dagw 6y ago
What gives you the impression pardons are limited to those that are "delivered" and/or "accepted".
The Supreme Court apparently ruled that way in a case a long time ago and that precedence has never been challenged (or come up again for that matter)
See https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c9IRZ9FzWEA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c9IRZ9FzWEA
But realistically if they tried to revoke a pardon today it would certainly go to the Supreme Court again and they would almost certainly rule the other way.
- koheripbal 6y agoA Youtube video of someone's opinion is not a reliable source. Looking up Grants revocation of Johnson's pardons - it's hard to find details, but it does seem like a Federal judge took issue that they were not delivered prior to the new president revoking them. Given that there's no such limitation in the Constitution, I wonder if it would hold up to SCOTUS. ...and maybe that's why they announce them publicly these days.