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Presidential Pardons: Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) (open access)

Presidential Pardons: Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)

This report provides a general overview of the pardon power and briefly addresses a few frequently-asked legal questions concerning its scope and application, such as: whether the President can issue a "prospective pardon, pardon himself or issue "secret" pardons, whether the acceptance of a pardon is an admission of guilt, and whether Congress can regulate the President's pardon power.
Date: August 28, 2017
Creator: Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service.
System: The UNT Digital Library