These days, the Justice Department is so busy pursuing revenge against President Donald Trump’s enemies it’s a wonder they have time to do anything else. In fact, nearly half of all FBI agents in the ...

In 1788, Virginia convened a convention to debate ratification of the new U.S. Constitution, promulgated in Philadelphia the ...

Donald Trump says in his semi-official publication Truth Social that he has pardoned convicted Mesa County Clerk Tina Peters. Leaving aside the absurdity of his claimed authority to pardon people ...

Most proposed amendments to the Constitution come and go. Out of the thousands floated since the republic’s founding, only 27 have been ratified. There are at least a few online archives dedicated to ...

The recent presidential pardons of figures who tried to overturn the 2020 election are part of a broader effort to rewrite one of the most sordid episodes in recent memory. The effort should be ...

President Donald Trump’s unprecedented misuse and abuse of a pardon power that dates back 250 years serves as a real-world scenario of what can happen when a system of checks-and-balances – like, say, ...

A group of Democrats are seeking to curb the president’s pardoning powers by amending the U.S. Constitution. Posting on X, California Democrat Mike Levin issued a statement about a constitutional ...

The U.S. got its law from England, and per English law, the king could pardon any convicted criminal as a “prerogative of mercy.” Case closed. The Constitution’s framers included the pardon power, ...

Earlier this month, President Donald Trump issued a pardon for Adriana Camberos, a businesswoman who had been convicted of fraud in 2024. Trump has taken pardon abuse to staggering new heights, ...