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The following is a list of the 75 pardons and 3 commutations by President George H. W. Bush. The list is organized by the date on which President George H. W. Bush granted the pardon or commutation. This list is a subset of the list of people pardoned by a United States president.
"Constitutional Law of Pardons: Scope and Limits of President's Power" by Samuel T. Morison. "Begging Bush's Pardon" by George Lardner, Jr., opinion in The New York Times, February 4, 2008 "Begging Bush's pardon" by Margaret Colgate Love, opinion in the Los Angeles Times, June 7, 2006; President's Statement Upon Libby Commutation
The pardon powers of the president are outlined in Article Two of the United States Constitution (Section 2, Clause 1), which provides: . The President shall be Commander in Chief of the Army and Navy of the United States, and of the Militia of the several States, when called into the actual Service of the United States; he may require the Opinion, in writing, of the principal Officer in each ...
Bill Clinton. Bill Clinton issued approximately 450 pardons and commutations between 1993 and 2001 (176 were issued on his final day in office). These included a pardon to his half-brother, Roger ...
The 39 people being pardoned have shown "commitment to making their communities stronger and safer," the president said. Most were convicted of drug offenses. What is a presidential pardon and a ...
Presidential pardons have always been a point of controversy in the United States but some president’s decisions, like Joe Biden pardoning his son Hunter, have led to more criticisms than others ...
Federalist president John Adams pardoned, commuted or rescinded the convictions of 20 people. [3] Among them are: David Bradford, for his role in the Whiskey Rebellion; John Fries, for his role in Fries's Rebellion; convicted of treason due to opposition to a tax; Fries and others were pardoned, and a general amnesty was issued for everyone involved in 1800.
On Nov. 14, 1989, Bush became the first president to "pardon" a bird, declaring that year's turkey had been "granted a Presidential pardon as of right now − and allow him to live out his days on ...