The US president’s power to pardon is both one of the most absolute and misunderstood provisions of the Constitution. Rooted ...

Each Thanksgiving, the President ceremonially pardons a turkey—a quirky tradition that’s more photo op than policy move. It ...

► Attorney General Pam Bondi wrote on X that the Department of Justice is now investigating. Trump’s pardon attorney, Ed Martin, in a Monday email obtained by CNN’s Jake Tapper, wrote that he would ...

And let's continue this discussion with Kim Wehle, who is a law professor at the University of Baltimore and author of the book "How To Read The Constitution--And Why." Ms. Wehle, welcome back. KIM ...

Disgraced former Rep. George Santos had served just three months of a seven-year prison sentence for fraud when President ...

On Monday, a day before the House Oversight Committee released a 93-page report outlining its conclusions from its ...

Over the past 12 months, the presidential pardon power has been abused more brazenly than at any time in American history.

The first is whether the attorney-general has the power to review a presidential pardon list once approved by the Council of State and published publicly or announced by the president. The second, and ...

The Framers designed the presidential prerogative to be ‘unfettered’ — and unembarrassed.

Understand the implications of pardons in presidential history and the recent actions taken by Donald Trump regarding ...

Presidential pardons and the prerogative of mercy are traditional leadership instruments recognised across the world and used ...

When you think of the President of the United States, what comes to mind? Commander-in-Chief, leader of a nation, or maybe even a symbol of political power. But the President has some surprisingly ...