Outgoing President Joe Biden issued preemptive pardons for several close family members in the final moments before the inauguration of Donald Trump.

President Donald Trump claims to have 'terminated' pardons that former President Joe Biden issued by autopen, a mechanical ...

The 14th Circuit Court of Appeals vacated former U.S. President Joe Biden's "autopen pardon" of former chief medical adviser ...

One of our nation’s key founding principles is the rule of law — the idea that every person and institution within a government is subject to the same set of rules. I deeply believe in the rule of law ...

Article II of the U.S. Constitution grants the president the unconditional power to grant “reprieves and pardons for offenses against the United States.” Pardons do not extend to impeachments or to ...

President Donald Trump cannot unilaterally decide that pardons are null and void. The U.S. Constitution gives presidents nearly unlimited power to issue pardons. But if someone’s pardon is revoked, ...

Ms. Oyer was the Department of Justice pardon attorney from 2022 to 2025. President Trump took pardon abuse to a new level this year with a string of dubious clemencies that together present a unique ...

Alexander Hamilton defended the unilateral presidential pardoning power as a practical necessity for a young republic. He argued that it enabled the chief executive to act with the speed and secrecy ...