What can the historical use of this awesome power tell us about how we should judge this political inflection point?

Pardoning your own family member may seem like an abuse of power, but it is within the president’s constitutional power.

The history of the power to pardon from the Whiskey Rebellion onward has demonstrated the potential ameliorative and hearing ...

President Joe Biden says he’s pardoning 39 Americans who’ve been convicted of nonviolent crimes, in addition to commuting the sentences of about 1,500 prisoners who were placed on home ...

The 39 people being pardoned have shown "commitment to making their communities stronger and safer," the president said. Most were convicted of drug offenses. A commutation of sentence and pardon ...

The presidential pardon is suddenly the center of political discourse: President Biden’s pardon of his son Hunter; President-elect Trump’s vow to pardon the January 6 defendants; President ...

The collapse of FTX in November 2022 marked one of the most high-profile failures in cryptocurrency history. Sam ...

Amy Klobuchar, a Minnesota Democrat, said Sunday that the entire presidential pardoning process "cries out for reform" following some controversial commutations and pardons made by President Biden ...

President Joe Biden issued pardons to 15 of the nation’s military veterans. Before President Joe Biden leaves office on Jan. 20, the president should wipe the slate clean for the 300,000 other former ...

President Joe Biden has so far pardoned fewer people than his most recent predecessors, but that could change in coming weeks. Presidents have broad power to issue pardons, and they use that power ...

The language of the presidential pardon is key to understanding why this is the case. There are four key words to understanding the power: clemency, commutation, reprieve and pardon. Clemency ...