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8 Jun 2024, 3:45 am by SHG
Flynn, who received tens of thousand of dollars from Russia, was pardoned by Trump. [read post]
6 Jun 2024, 9:02 am by Michael Oykhman
To ensure the discharge does not show up on any record checks, you will need to obtain a criminal pardon. [read post]
6 Jun 2024, 7:39 am
Joe Biden has said he will not pardon his son, but... why would you say you're gonna pardon your son before it's necessary and before an election?... [read post]
5 Jun 2024, 12:27 pm by Richmond Cariaga
  Conditions for a Virginia Expungement  Current Virginia law allows you to apply for an expungement if you meet the following eligibility requirements:  You were acquitted of the offense The government decided not to prosecute you You received a pardon following a conviction  The charges against you were dismissed Someone else committed the crime using your identity  However, changes to the expungement process set to take effect in 2025 expand… [read post]
4 Jun 2024, 9:30 pm by ernst
A third approach interprets the Clause even more minimally, as a mere designation provision, not granting power at all but making clear that there would be a singular chief magistrate called the president, with power flowing from enumerations such as the Commander in Chief, Appointments, Pardons, and Treaty Clauses. [read post]
3 Jun 2024, 1:48 am by INFORRM
Shinawatra had returned to Thailand from exile after being overthrown in a coup and recently received a royal pardon in relation to a prison sentence he was serving for corruption offences. [read post]
31 May 2024, 1:55 pm by David M. Boertje
  Defining Jury Nullification Jury veto, juror pardon, or conscientious acquittal: sometimes, juries understand that a defendant may be guilty while opting to reject the evidence in the case because they believe the result of a guilty verdict would be unjust. [read post]
31 May 2024, 3:00 am by Brittany Bromell
Since the verdict was handed down, legal scholars have weighed in on the implications of Trump’s conviction on his potential presidential bid, including whether he would be sentenced to any prison time, whether he could pardon himself as president, and whether or not he would retain any voting rights. [read post]
  Richard Nixon was named as an unindicted co-conspirator by the grand jury investigating Watergate-related crimes, but was pardoned by his successor, Gerald Ford. [read post]
30 May 2024, 5:40 pm by Adam Klasfeld
Howard sent a bleak text message to a close relative that perhaps soon-to-be-president Trump would pardon him for “electoral fraud. [read post]
30 May 2024, 1:00 pm by Howard Bashman
The post “The Supreme Court Could Make the President a King; The high court’s decision in the Trump immunity case appears to set the stage for future abuses of the pardon power” appeared first on How Appealing. [read post]
29 May 2024, 4:05 pm by Lawrence Solum
United States case and the arguments for and against the constitutionality of a presidential self-pardon. [read post]
28 May 2024, 6:28 am by The Petrie-Flom Center Staff
In the fall of 2022, President Biden issued a statement on marijuana reform, announcing federal pardons for some federal crimes involving marijuana and urging state governors to pardon state-level cannabis possession charges. [read post]
27 May 2024, 5:45 am by Norman L. Eisen
Last week, both the prosecution and the defense rested their cases in former President Donald Trump’s New York trial for allegedly falsifying business records (FBR) in his effort “to unlawfully influence the 2016 presidential election,” in the words of Manhattan Supreme Court Justice Juan Merchan’s case summary. [read post]
The proposals covered a range of topics, including environmental protection, national service, future constitutional amendments, court reform, impeachment, gun control, electoral campaign periods, term limits, lifting the cap on the number of representatives in the House of Representatives, the right to marry, limiting presidential pardon power, prohibiting political gerrymandering, instituting restorative justice, abolishing death-qualified juries, Congressional representation for the… [read post]
22 May 2024, 4:00 am by jonathanturley
Today I will have the pleasure of participating in a debate titled Civil Disagreements: Presidential Self Pardons. [read post]