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Re:Russia gives Edward Snowden permanent residency by shadowgovt on Thursday October 22, 2020 @01:35PM (#24860680)
Nobody's ever challenged Ford's pardon of Nixon.

It's actually real unclear what the legality of it would be if a subsequent President had tried to arrest him.

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Re:Russia gives Edward Snowden permanent residency by bdcravens on Thursday October 22, 2020 @02:27PM (#24861461)
It's been surmised that "resign and get pardoned" may happen again in our lifetimes.
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Re:Russia gives Edward Snowden permanent residency by jaywalk on Thursday October 22, 2020 @02:18PM (#24861325)
What makes you say it's unclear? It's considered settled, even though the Supreme Court has never had to rule on it.
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Re:Russia gives Edward Snowden permanent residency by dragonwriter on Thursday October 22, 2020 @08:22PM (#24864861)
The Supreme Court has previously found excuses to dodge the question of the validity of pre-charge pardons, it is very much an open issue.
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