"This dissertation, the first examination of the pardon power's historical, legal, and political aspects since 1941, offers an in-depth examination of the history and development of the American clemency power, including the key legal decisions that helped determine the clemency power's nature, extent, and limits. I consider how pre-Watergate "political" pardons differed from those made after the scandal. Then, I analyze case studies of President Gerald Ford's pardon of Richard Nixon, President George H.W. Bush's pardon of Iran-Contra figures, President Bill Clinton's "last minute" pardons, and President George W. Bush's commutation of I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby's prison sentence in determining the current state of the clemency power."
""This dissertation, the first examination of the pardon power's historical, legal, and political aspects since 1941, offers an in-depth examination of the history and development of the American clemency power, including the key legal decisions that helped determine the clemency power's nature, extent, and limits. I consider how pre-Watergate "political" pardons differed from those made after the scandal. Then, I analyze case studies of President Gerald Ford's pardon of Richard Nixon, President George H.W. Bush's pardon of Iran-Contra figures, President Bill Clinton's "last minute" pardons, and President George W. Bush's commutation of I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby's prison sentence in determining the current state of the clemency power.""@en
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