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“Sure she can. And Ford proved it.”

Those were my initial thoughts, but I read somewhere on FR recently claiming Nixon’s pardon was never challenged in court, thinking the shame of resigning was enough punishment. Of course, I am not a lawyer and I have been baffled by legal ‘reasoning’ in the past. It seems a pardon without prior conviction would at least show implication of guilt of past crimes. And a blanket pardon going forward? What then is in place to prevent Obama from pardoning Roberts from shooting Trump upon giving him the oath of office? I don’t see that as a straw man, or much of a stretch, for that matter, but again, I’m no lawyer, so please excuse my lay-person reasoning. (...and my inability to avoid run-on sentences.)

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Hey, that reminds me, Bill Clinton pardoned Fife Symington before he was convicted so they just dropped the case. But as you note they didn't challenge the premise of pre-pardon.

RINO Symington paid back Bill by supporting Hillary Clinton, saying "attacks against her were political."

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See the Heritage Foundation's treatment of Pardon Power. It answers these questions.