Trump’s mass pardons have turned a constitutional safeguard into a tool of corruption. The case for an amendment.

Article II of the U.S. Constitution grants the president the unconditional power to grant “reprieves and pardons for offenses against the United States.” Pardons do not extend to impeachments or to ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The U.S. got its law from England, and per English law, the king could pardon any convicted criminal as a “prerogative of mercy.” ...

It’s a tale of two presidents, facing the same accusations but different futures. WSJ’s José de Córdoba explains why one got a pardon and the other faces an American effort to oust him. Photo: Getty ...

A group of Democrats are seeking to curb the president’s pardoning powers by amending the U.S. Constitution. Posting on X, California Democrat Mike Levin issued a statement about a constitutional ...

President Donald Trump’s unprecedented misuse and abuse of a pardon power that dates back 250 years serves as a real-world scenario of what can happen when a system of checks-and-balances – like, say, ...

Presidential pardons are interesting when looking over the executive branch’s powers. They aren’t necessarily intended as a blank state for offenses committed against a state. However, on the federal ...

The U.S. got its law from England, and per English law, the king could pardon any convicted criminal as a “prerogative of mercy.” Case closed. The Constitution’s framers included the pardon power, ...