Constitutional Amendment re Pardons

[Paul Finkelman]

I ws not on the list when it happened, but did those who are complaining about lame
duck pardons also complain about the lame duck impeachment?  Or is this once again,
as with hanging chads, an example of politics as usual being offered up on the guise
of constitutional theory.  And while we are at it, what about pardoning those who
appointed you to office in the first place?  Does that violate some standard of
ethics?  ie:  Ford pardoning Nixon.

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Paul Finkelman
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