144. The Pardon Power

The Prosecutors: Legal Briefs

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🗓️ 30 January 2025

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Pardons have been in the news lately as both Presidents Biden and Trump have used the power extensively. What is the power? Where does it come from? And what, if any, are its limits? Article I mentioned on culture and pardons. Check out our new True Crime Substack the True Crime Times at: https://t.co/26TIoM14Tg Get Prosecutors Podcast Merch: https://www.bonfire.com/store/prosecutors-podcast/ Join the Gallery on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/share/g/4oHFF4agcAvBhm3o/ Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/ProsecutorsPod Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/prosecutorspod/ Check out our website for case resources: https://prosecutorspodcast.com/ Hang out with us on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@prosecutorspod https://thefederalist.com/2024/12/05/there-is-no-historical-precedent-for-hunter-bidens-pardon/

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0:00.0	I'm Alice and I'm Brett and this is the prosecutor's legal briefs.
0:36.1	I'm your host, Alice, and I'm joined as always by, oh, pardon me, my co-host, Brett.
0:42.7	Wow.
0:43.5	Did you plan that?
0:45.8	I plan everything.
0:47.6	This podcast is my life.
0:49.7	I love it.
0:50.9	I love it.
0:51.5	Well, I feel pardoned.
0:52.8	I feel as though there will be no consequences for my action because of your words.
0:58.7	Is it? In fact, consequence less or does it carry with it some sort of imputed consequence?
1:05.3	What an interesting question. Maybe we should discuss that on an episode of legal briefs.
1:10.0	You know what? We have a podcast of legal briefs. You know what?
1:11.0	We have a podcast called Legal Briefs, and there's been a lot of pardoning all around us.
1:15.7	So why don't we talk about what the pardon power does?
1:20.7	Yeah, you guys reached out to us.
1:23.0	Lots of questions about pardons.
1:24.8	For those of you who somehow missed it, we're in the middle of a transition
1:28.2	of power between the last president and the president before last, who is now the next president.
1:34.5	And there was a whole lot of pardoning going on and commuting, pardoning and commuting,
1:39.5	which are different, and we'll talk about that. President Biden, as he was leaving office,
1:43.2	it is customary as you're leaving office to pardon people.
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