In a new development, the Department of Justice said Trump's pardon of Jan. 6 defendants should apply more broadly and ...

The Politics of Presidential Mercy,” Jeffrey Toobin, a CNN legal commentator and contributing writer for the New York Times’s ...

"Everyone is hailing him as a hero and he is not a hero. He is a violent, violent man," says a woman whose former partner was ...

Pardoned for assaulting police, a Tennessee man wants another pardon to cover his conviction for trying to kill FBI agents ...

"The increased pardon activity has elevated public attention on pardon power. This article explores the history, scope, and limitations of the pardon power, and provides answers to some practical ...

On the final day of his presidency, Joe Biden issued preemptive pardons to close family members and adversaries of President ...

Joe Biden’s preemptive pardons are a valid use of pardon power. But they break new ground as a shield for those the president seeks to protect, scholars say.

Meanwhile, a pardon, according to the DOJ ... Subscribe to the Deadline: Legal Newsletter for expert analysis on the top legal stories of the week, including updates from the Supreme Court ...

Nor is receiving a pardon an admission of a crime. Yes, I know there’s a Supreme Court case out there with some dicta that people have been twisting that way. “Dicta” is a legal term for ...

Anytime in the past or maybe never. Would that be constitutional? Probably, many legal authorities say. And yet, the case for unlimited pardons is less than compelling. Article II, Section 2 of the ...

The Politics of Presidential Mercy, by Jeffrey Toobin “When it comes to pardons, presidents are kings,” the legal journalist ...