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The U.S. president has broad federal clemency power and has pardoned service members accused or convicted of battlefield wrongdoing, raising constitutional, international-law, and policy problems.
is broad enough to preemptively pardon federal officials, including agents, for federal offenses (Article II authority); presidents have used that power to issue sweeping, day‑one pardons that covered...
are an expansive constitutional power that have repeatedly produced high-profile controversy when used to shield allies, family members, political allies or foreign figures, and when timed or framed i...
’s doctrine on is a mix of strong endorsements of plenary executive power and narrow, situational limits; nineteenth-century precedents described the pardon power as “unlimited” except for , while twe...