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I was Michigan's AG. Biden sets dangerous precedent with preemptive pardons. | Opinion
Detroit Free Press 12 Dec 2024
In Federalist No. 74, Alexander Hamilton defended pardons as a tool of mercy to correct judicial excesses, not a blank check for presidents to inoculate their allies or family members from accountability.
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What is a presidential pardon and how has it been used in the US?
AOL 12 Dec 2024
On these accounts, one man appears to be a more eligible dispenser of the mercy of government, than a body of men,” he wrote in Federalist no 74, one of a series of essays to promote the ratification of the constitution ... Related ... .
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Of Presidents and Pardons
Lakota Country Times 11 Dec 2024
Alexander Hamilton, one of the Framers, vigorously defended pardon power in The Federalist Papers (No. 74), arguing the power was essential for mitigating the “rigor of the law.” Indeed, Hamilton ...
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Colorado Springs Gazette
03 Dec 2024
What is a presidential pardon? Behind the power Biden used to pardon his son Hunter
Colorado Springs Gazette
03 Dec 2024
The Federalist Papers. The Federalist Papers is a series of 85 essays written by three of the country’s Founding Fathers between October 1787 and May 1788 ... In Federalist No. 74, Alexander Hamilton ...
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Biden needs to issue one more pardon before his term ends — for Donald Trump
The Hill 03 Dec 2024
Now elected, there can be no federal action against him of any kind, as confirmed by the Department of Justice and the . So, a pardon by Biden would have no legal consequence of import ... Alexander Hamilton, in Federalist No.
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Robbins: Revisiting the president’s power to pardon
Vail Daily 04 Oct 2023
As I shared in the first column, the Founding Fathers kicked this particular can around at the Constitutional Convention and none other than Alexander Hamilton argued for the presidential power in The Federalist No.
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Robbins: The president’s power to pardon
Vail Daily 27 Sep 2023
In “The Federalist No. 74,” Alexander Hamilton argued in favor of the presidential pardon, holding that, “humanity and good policy” require that “the benign prerogative of ...
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I beg your pardon: A deeper look at the president’s pardoning power
The Hill 05 Jul 2022
In Federalist No. 74, Alexander Hamilton noted that some favored making a pardon for the crime of treason contingent on the “assent of one, or both, of the branches of the legislative body.” However, ...
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Opinion | Don’t Expand the Supreme Court. Shrink It.
Politico 03 Jul 2022
In Federalist Paper 78, Alexander Hamilton said so explicitly, writing ... In addition, at least 74 federalist pamphlets, published in 12 of the 13 states, affirmed the court’s prerogative to strike down unconstitutional laws.
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