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Re:Edward Snowden makes 'moral' case for presidential pardon by tptacek on Tuesday September 13, 2016 @08:08AM (#12487365)
Yes, Snowden could be pardoned preemptively and expansively. That's how Ford pardoned Nixon.

No, a pardon could not be reversed by a future president (else: Ford could not truly have pardoned Nixon). There's SCOTUS precedent on both of these.

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Re:Edward Snowden makes 'moral' case for presidential pardon by dllthomas on Tuesday September 13, 2016 @10:47AM (#12488712)
For clarity:

When you say "preemptively", you mean in advance of trial or even indictment. So far as I'm aware, the President cannot issue a pardon in advance of the crime.

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