Article 2, Section 2, Clause 1
SEE ALSO:
Commander in Chief
Generally 1.8.15; 1.8.16
Indiana Constitution of 1816, art. 4, sec. 7, Thorpe 2:1063
James Kent, Commentaries 1:264 (1826)
William Rawle, A View of the Constitution of the United States 151--61 (2d ed. 1829)
Reprieves and Pardons
Generally 2.4; 3.3
Luther Martin, Genuine Information, 1788, Storing 2.4.85
James Iredell, Marcus, Answers to Mr. Mason's Objections to the New Constitution, 8 Jan. 1788, Pamphlets 350--54
Pierce Butler to Weedon Butler, 5 May 1788, Farrand 3:302
George Washington, Seventh Annual Address, 8 Dec. 1795, Richardson 1:184
Charles Lee, Assurance of Pardon, 18 Nov. 1797, 1 Ops. Atty. Gen. 77
John Adams, Proclamation of Amnesty, 21 May 1800, 9 Fed. Cas. 945, no. 5,127
People v. James, 2 Caines 57 (N.Y. 1804)
William Wirt, Power of the President to Mitigate Sentence of Death, 4 Jan. 1820, 1 Ops. Atty. Gen. 327
William Wirt, Pardon of Piratical Murderer, 9 May 1820, 1 Ops. Atty. Gen. 359
State v. Fuller, 1 McCord 178 (S.C. 1821)
William Wirt, Conditional Pardons, 16 Aug. 1821, 1 Ops. Atty. Gen. 482
James Kent, Commentaries 1:265--66 (1826)
State v. Smith, 1 Bailey 283 (S.C. 1829)
John Macpherson Berrien, Pardons and Remissions of Forfeitures, 17 Mar. 1830, 2 Ops. Atty. Gen. 329
State v. Addington, 2 Bailey 516 (S.C. 1831)
The Founders' Constitution
Volume 4, Article 2, Section 2, Clause 1, Introduction
http://press-pubs.uchicago.edu/founders/documents/a2_2_1s31.html
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