2007-09-24 21:48:51 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Civic Participation
You scratch my back, I'll scratch yours.
2007-09-24 21:52:38 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Constitutional Authority for Presidential Pardons
The presidential power to pardon is granted under Article II, Section 2 of the Constitution.
"The President ... shall have power to grant reprieves and pardons for offenses against the United States, except in cases of impeachment."
No standards, and only one limitation -- no pardons for the impeached.
What the Founders said
The whole subject of presidential pardons stirred little debate at the Constitutional Convention of 1787. No less estimable Founding Father than Alexander Hamilton, writing in Federalist No. 74, suggests that, "... in seasons of insurrection or rebellion, there are often critical moments, when a well-timed offer of pardon to the insurgents or rebels may restore the tranquility of the commonwealth."
While a few Founders suggested involving Congress in the pardons business, Hamilton remained certain the power should rest solely with the president. "It is not to be doubted, that a single man of prudence and good sense is better fitted, in delicate conjunctures, to balance the motives which may plead for and against the remission of the punishment, than Congress,"
2007-09-25 05:31:50 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The President is vested with all powers, Constitutional authority is the president, in some subjects there will be 1.Theory 2 Law and 3.Practice.After theory and law have been over in the court it comes to the practical authority.That too for Capital punishment.
2007-09-25 13:03:05 · answer #3 · answered by panneerselvam s 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Presidential pardon means to erase the crime committed by a felon by giving him free to start a new life again.
2007-09-25 23:21:07 · answer #4 · answered by FRAGINAL, JTM 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
In theory it was to allow the President to free convicted individuals when in their opinion it served the greater good of the nation.
In practice it has become a way for outgoing Presidents to reward big donors and loyalists who served the President.
2007-09-25 13:45:05 · answer #5 · answered by Seano 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
here's a crazy wild guess...to pardon..
"... in seasons of insurrection or rebellion, there are often critical moments, when a well-timed offer of pardon to the insurgents or rebels may restore the tranquility of the commonwealth."-hamilton
2007-09-25 04:58:01 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
To release the prisoner for reasons only known to the president but in accordance with law.
2007-09-25 06:02:58 · answer #7 · answered by william t 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
To involve the President into politics.
2007-09-25 05:58:49 · answer #8 · answered by thinkpose 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Let a crony off the hook. They all do it too.
2007-09-25 23:26:00 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
that to show that parliament is supreme and not the supreme court.
2007-09-26 12:51:15 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋