CONTINUING the disqualification suit against FPJ in the Supreme Court will have no negative effect on President Arroyos presidential candidacy. Gloria could even be running without the FPJ counter campaign to diminish the impact of her efforts. That is, if the petitioners questioning FPJs citizenship...
The author of that1974 memo, Acting Assistant Attorney General Mary Lawton, examined the constitutional provision vesting the power to grant pardons in the president. "Under the fundamental rule that no one may be a judge in his own case, it would seem that the question should be answered in...
presidents often issue pardons to people convicted of various offenses. Most recipients are grateful that their crimes are forgiven—but what would happen if the person being offered the pardon declined it altogether? Is such a thing even possible, or does the pardoned individual have no choice ...
"The Constitution grants the president power to issue pardons for federal crimes," Greene told CNBC. "It doesn't say he can't pardon himself, so there's an argument to be made, but I think the better view is that a ban on self-pardons is implicit. Giving the president the ...
Sure, presidents generally grant pardons as their time in office winds down, but Trump is unpredictable if anything, so there’s no reason to think he’d wait. Let’s speculate which celebrities Trump could pardon this time.
Amy Meets Clinton (Video) New York Times asks Amy to to weigh in on pardons San Francisco Chronicle Op Ed by Amy Ralston Povah Amy urges President Obama to grant pardons to humans, and not just turkeys at Thanksgiving.
DREAMers, obtained by the federal government through detailed DACA applications. Others still are pressuring the Obama administration to use grant presidential pardons to protect these undocumented immigrants. (A presidential pardon would be binding, and neither Congress nor a new president could undo ...
President-elect Trump has been accused of countless things, but never of being predictable. Criminal justice policy is a case in point. Few could have anticipated that landmark prison reform stymied under prior administrations, even PresidentObama,would be enacted inPresident Trump’sfirst term. ...
We only have one president at a time By EUGENE R. FIDELL - DENNIS AFTERGUT Kamala Harris' big tent strategy — and its success — has thrown Trump for a loop Donald Trump is now running away from Kamala Harris' challenge to a second debate ...
142 Students study on Northeastern University’s campus on Nov. 6.Erin Clark/Globe Staff In January, President-elect Donald Trump will come into the White House with ambitions of significantly reforming higher education and even dismantling the Department of Education altogether. ...