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 of the executive Departments,
upon any Subject relating to the Duties of their respective
Offices, and he shall have Power to grant Reprieves and Pardons for
Offenses against the United States, except in Cases of Impeachment.
| 1. | Records of the Federal Convention |
| 2. | William Blackstone, Commentaries 1:254, 1765 |
| 3. | A Georgian, 15 Nov. 1787 |
| 4. | Luther Martin, Genuine Information, 1788 |
| 5. | Alexander Hamilton, Federalist, no. 74, 500, 25 Mar. 1788 |
| 6. | Debate in Virginia Ratifying Convention, 18 June 1788 |
| 7. | Debate in North Carolina Ratifying Convention, 28 July 1788 |
| 8. | House of Representatives, Protection of Trade, 22 June 1797 |
| 9. | St. George Tucker, Blackstone's Commentaries 1:App. 329--31, 1803 |
| 10. | Little v. Bareme |
| 11. | James Monroe to Chairman of Senate Military Committee, Feb. 1815 |
| 12. | Joseph Story, Commentaries on the Constitution 3:§§ 1485--86, 1833 |
| 13. | James Iredell, North Carolina Ratifying Convention, 28 July 1788 |
| 14. | Thomas Jefferson to Walter Jones, 5 Mar. 1810 |
| 15. | William Wirt, Office of Attorney General, 12 June 1818 |
| 16. | William Wirt, Duties of the Attorney General, 3 Feb. 1820 |
| 17. | William Blackstone, Commentaries 4:397--402, 1769 |
| 18. | Georgia Constitution of 1777, ART. 19 |
| 19. | Massachusetts Constitution of 1780, PT. 2, CH. 2, SEC. 1, ART. 8 |
| 20. | Alexander Hamilton, Federalist, no. 74, 500--503, 25 Mar. 1788 |
| 21. | Gilbert Livingston, Proposed Amendment, New York Ratifying Convention, 4 July 1788 |
| 22. | James Iredell, North Carolina Ratifying Convention, 28 July 1788 |
| 23. | James Wilson, Executive Department, Lectures on Law, 1791 |
| 24. | George Washington, Proclamation of, 1795 |
| 25. | St. George Tucker, Blackstone's Commentaries 1:App. 331--32, 1803 |
| 26. | William Wirt, Pardons, 30 Mar. 1820 |
| 27. | William Rawle, A View of the Constitution of the United States 174--78 1829 (2d ed.) |
| 28. | John Macpherson Berrien, Pardons before Conviction, 12 Oct. 1829 |
| 29. | United States v. Wilson |
| 30. | Joseph Story, Commentaries on the Constitution 3:§§ 1488--98, 1833 |
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