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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsTrump may pardon everyone but what if he doesn't get a pardon himself?
He may have to go to prison while his underlings all get off scott free.
I wonder if he's thought about this?
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Trump may pardon everyone but what if he doesn't get a pardon himself? (Original Post)
Kablooie
Nov 2020
OP
Where in the Constitution does it prohibit a president pardoning himself?
Hermit-The-Prog
Nov 2020
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JI7
(89,244 posts)1. That's why he will resign and have Pence Pardon him
Blue Owl
(50,325 posts)2. Then technically he'd be less than a 1-term pResident
Hermit-The-Prog
(33,308 posts)3. Where in the Constitution does it prohibit a president pardoning himself?
HariSeldon
(455 posts)4. The argument comes down to the word "grant"
In English, "granting" is not typically usable reflexively, which would argue against Trump granting himself a pardon. Add to that the longstanding legal principle that a person on either side of the argument should not decide it's disposition, and it is at least possible that the SCOTUS would void the pardon.