The Pardon Power: Uses and Abuses
Jess Velona explores how presidential pardons, while often merciful or remedial for judicial errors, have also been granted amidst some of the greatest political controversies in our history. Some examples include Andrew Johnson's mass pardons of ex-Confederates, Ford's pardon of Nixon's Watergate, Carter's mass pardons of Vietnam draft evaders, Clinton's pardon of fugitive Marc Rich, […]