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Impeachment exception

The impeachment exception is a constitutional constraint on the presidential pardon power.

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Jan 12, 2026
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What are the legal limits of a president’s pardon authority over state convictions and how have courts treated similar conflicts?

The President’s constitutional pardon power is broad but textually confined to “Offenses against the United States,” meaning federal crimes and certain D.C. and military convictions; it does not reach...

Jan 27, 2026

How do state convictions interact with presidential powers like pardons or immunity?

is broad but constitutionally and practically limited: it applies only to “Offences against the ,” so it cannot erase or directly block or state convictions, and governors or state pardon boards contr...