• stinerman [Ohio]@midwest.social
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    but doesn’t protect him from anything he may go on to do

    The only limitation on the pardon power is that it must be for things that have already happened. It is not possible to pardon someone for things they might do in the future.

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      That is not specified in the Constitution, and is an open question. Nobody has ever tried, to my knowledge.

      • stinerman [Ohio]@midwest.social
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        This is true. No one has tried, and it hasn’t been adjudicated. However everyone treats pardons as needing to be backwards-looking.