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President Average initial approval Average initial disapproval Net initial approval Average final approval Average final disapproval Net final approval Initial to final change 46 Biden 57.5 37.5 +20 39.8 55.5 -15.7 -35.7 45 Trump 45 46 -1 41.1 56.1 -15 -14 44 Obama 68.5 12.5 +56 59 37 +22 -34 43 G. W. Bush 57 25 +32 34 61 -27 -59 42 Clinton 58 20
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 ...
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.
Here’s a look back at some of the presidential pardons given by a sitting U.S. president to his own family. President Joe Biden is seen with his son, Hunter Biden, in Nantucket, Massachusetts ...
Both charts show that Biden has issued more than 8,000 pardons and commutations since taking office in 2021, more than four times the number granted by President Barack Obama, and about 34 times ...
"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 White House did not immediately respond to Fox News's request for comment on its decision-making in issuing presidential pardons. ... President Barack Obama granted clemency to 1,927 ...
Federalist president John Adams pardoned, commuted or rescinded the convictions of 20 people.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.