Of Pardons, Politics and Collar Buttons: Reflections on the President's Duty to be Merciful
Love, Margaret Colgate
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Abstract
A discussion of the President's ability to grant Federal Pardons, and the moral and political factors which influence the exercise of that power. The article proposes that the President has a duty to pardon, not so much as to do justice in particular cases, but to be merciful as a more general obligation of office.