Should the executive have the power to pardon?
3 months, 2 weeks ago

Should the executive have the power to pardon?

The Hindu  

United States President Joe Biden’s recent decision to pardon his son Hunter Biden for any federal crimes he committed or may have committed between January 1, 2014, and December 1, 2024 has brought renewed focus on the expansive clemency powers granted to the President by the U.S. Constitution. Alok Prasanna Kumar: Even if an independent clemency commission were established, its advice would not be binding on the President. What are the controversies around pardoning power?| Explained Sanjay Hegde: The public doesn’t always agree with clemency decisions. Alok Prasanna Kumar: I don’t believe that clemency decisions can be judicially reviewable.

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What are the controversies around pardoning power? | Explained
3 months, 3 weeks ago

What are the controversies around pardoning power? | Explained

The Hindu  

The story so far: U.S. President Joe Biden has granted an unconditional pardon to his son Hunter Biden who faced sentencing for federal tax and gun convictions. Right from the pardon to the leaders of the ‘whiskey rebellion’, who protested against a federal tax, granted by the first President George Washington in 1795 to President Bill Clinton’s pardon of his …

‘It’s a Sad Statement About Where We Are’: A Pardon Expert Explains Biden’s Decision to Pardon His Son
3 months, 3 weeks ago

‘It’s a Sad Statement About Where We Are’: A Pardon Expert Explains Biden’s Decision to Pardon His Son

Politico  

For that reason, Wehle explained, figures throughout history — including some of the Framers themselves — have worried about the potential for presidents to use the pardon power for self-interested purposes. I think we’re going to see a very different Justice Department under Donald Trump — one we’ve never seen before — so I see Biden’s decision as reactive to …

Presidents Can Pretty Much Pardon Whomever They Want
55 years, 2 months ago

Presidents Can Pretty Much Pardon Whomever They Want

Slate  

When it comes to Donald Trump’s pardons, “we likely ain’t seen nothing yet,” Jack Goldsmith said last month in the New York Times. For Trump’s 45 pardons, he has skirted the pardon attorney procedures in 40 of them. Some scholars still debate this, but at least according to dicta and a couple of Supreme Court cases, and more importantly for …

President’s Clemency Power is not immune from Judicial Review but limited to certain grounds only;Kerala HC [Read the Judgment]
9 years, 9 months ago

President’s Clemency Power is not immune from Judicial Review but limited to certain grounds only;Kerala HC [Read the Judgment]

Live Law  

A Division Bench of the Kerala High Court comprising of Chief Justice Ashok Bhushan and Justice A.M. Shaffique, considering the scope of judicial review in the matter of rejection of clemency petition by the President, has following the Supreme Court’s judgment in Epuru Sudhakar's case, held that although decision of the President or Governor are not immune from the power …

President defends clemency decisions
12 years, 9 months ago

President defends clemency decisions

India TV News  

New Delhi, Jun 25: The Rashtrapati Bhavan today defended its granting mercy to some death row convicts saying the power to pardon is not a private act of grace by the President but a part of the constitutional scheme of things. The advice of the government is binding on the Head of State,” the Secretariat said in a statement.The statement …

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