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Presidential self-pardon

The topic of whether a president can pardon themselves, including the legal and constitutional implications.

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Jan 28, 2026
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Could a future U.S. presidential pardon allow Snowden to return without prosecution?

legally can pardon federal crimes, and that power could — in principle — allow to return to the without facing federal prosecution for the specific offenses covered by a pardon . But constitutional au...

Feb 2, 2026

What Supreme Court precedents most closely relate to limits on executive clemency and how might they be applied to a self‑pardon case?

’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...