The feral mob brandished white supremacist and nazi flags that they held as they listened to Trump’s words and carried their odious standards into the Capitol building. These weren’t protestors exercising their constitutional rights. This was, as Shakespeare put it, insurrection “foul, base and bloody."
December 23, 2020It is customary for an outgoing President to grant 11th hour pardons, sometimes to surprising recipients. Of course, not all presidential pardons are created equal. To be sure, justice and mercy are worthy and occasional goals. But the end-of-term pardons often reveal other, less savory objectives.
December 23, 2020Trump stands in front of the long-fought relief bill and issues some controversial pardons.
December 2, 2020Trump seems to have accepted that he’s going to have to leave office, and to be exploring his options.
November 25, 2020Of course, Trump might try to pardon himself. Then, he won’t need Biden, but legal scholars are uniformly of the view that self-pardon won’t stick.
August 26, 2020The Hatch Act has no authority according to this administration
September 12, 2017The presidential pardon power is broad, but not limitless — it's essentially an admission of guilt, and covers only federal crimes.
August 29, 2017As Hurricane Harvey raged, the president tried to use the disaster as cover. It may have worked.
August 28, 2017Reaction to Donald Trump’s pardon of the controversial ex-sheriff from Arizona has been swift and severe, with some calling for the president’s impeachment.
