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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.
Federalist president John Adams pardoned, commuted or rescinded the convictions of 20 people.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.
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 ...
Presidential pardons have always been a point of ... George H. W. Bush. Controversially, Bush pardoned the former secretary of defense Caspar Weinberger and five other people involved in the Iran ...
Former President Bill Clinton on his last day in office on Jan. 20, 2001, pardoned his half-brother Roger Clinton, who spent one year in prison on drug charges, according to the Washington Post.
"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 Bush sisters recalled taking time off from work and traveling back to Washington to play tour guide to the young girls who would succeed them. Jenna Bush Hager shares rare photos of Obama ...