Trump supporters were prosecuted with unparalleled vigor and given the harshest of possible sentences exactly because they ...

Learn more. Of all the actions that President Trump took during his first week in office, one had me reaching for my blood pressure pills — the executive pardon for all the convicted Jan. 6 ...

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Trump’s blanket pardon of these rioters implies he will give a “get out of jail free” card to anyone who attacks a police officer guarding a person or institution the president doesn’t like.

Wilson, 1833 and Burdick v. U.S., 1915) establish that an individual may refuse a presidential pardon. Given that an innocent person would not require a pardon — and further, would only sully ...

After watching President Donald Trump pardon the Jan. 6 rioters, including people convicted of clubbing police and sentenced to 20 years in prison; remembering that Trump pardoned our esteemed ...

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Can you get a presidential pardon if you're wearing a red hat? Or would it be better to go with the horns and face paint? Just asking for a friend.

It’s time for Congress to change the U.S. Constitution’s Article II, Section 2, Clause 1, which states that the president “shall have Power to grant Reprieves and Pardons for Offences ...

Learn more. I thank Sens. King and Collins and Rep. Pingree for speaking out against the president’s pardon of the Jan. 6, 2021 insurrectionists. I particularly liked Sen. King drawing a ...