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Name: ___________ Date: __3/1/2023____________ President Bush, Obama, Trump and Biden Pardons and Commutations You will need to use your text and visit the U.S. Pardons Office website: http://www.justice.gov/pardon/ to answers to these questions

1. What part of the U.S. Constitution gives the president the power to pardon?

2. How can the Constitutional power granted to the president to pardon change?

3. Define pardon and commutation.

4. What if any limitations are placed on the President to use the pardon or commutation powers?

5. How much involvement does the Department of Justice have in this process, if any?

6. President George W. Bush pardoned_____ and commuted the sentence of ____ people.

7. Did President George W. Bush commute or pardon and for what offense?

a. ___________Lewis “Scooter” Libby__________________________

b. ___________ Jose A Compean ______________________________

c. ___________ Ignacio Ramos ________________________________

8. President Obama pardoned _______ and commuted the sentence of _____ people.

9. President Obama commute or pardon for what offense?

a. ____________Chelsea Manning _____________________________

b. ____________ James Cartwright ______________________________

10.President Trump pardoned _______ and commuted the sentence of ____ people.

11.President Trump commute or pardon for what offense?

a. _______ Joseph Arpaio ____________________________________

b. _______ Susan B. Anthony _________________________________

c. ________Michael Flynn ______________________________________

12.President Biden pardoned ___________ and commuted the sentence of _______ people.

Answer 1

Step-by-step explanation:

1. The president's power to pardon is granted by Article II, Section 2, Clause 1 of the U.S. Constitution.

2. The power to pardon is an executive power that is not subject to review or oversight by Congress or the judiciary. However, the Constitution allows for the impeachment and removal of a president who abuses the pardon power.

3. Pardon is the forgiveness of a crime and the cancellation of the relevant penalty or punishment. Commutation, on the other hand, is the reduction of a sentence, usually from a more severe punishment to a less severe one.

4. The Constitution places no specific limitations on the President's pardon or commutation powers. However, there is a general understanding that these powers should not be used for corrupt or self-serving purposes.

5. The Department of Justice is involved in the pardon and commutation process by reviewing and making recommendations to the President on petitions for clemency. The President is not required to follow the DOJ's recommendations.

6. President George W. Bush pardoned 189 individuals and commuted the sentence of 11 people.

7. President George W. Bush commuted the sentences of Lewis “Scooter” Libby, Jose A Compean, and Ignacio Ramos. Libby was convicted of perjury and obstruction of justice in connection with the leak of CIA agent Valerie Plame's identity. Compean and Ramos were Border Patrol agents convicted of shooting an unarmed drug smuggler and then covering up the incident.

8. President Obama pardoned 212 individuals and commuted the sentence of 1,715 people.

9. President Obama commuted the sentence of Chelsea Manning, a former Army intelligence analyst who was convicted of leaking classified documents to WikiLeaks. He also pardoned James Cartwright, a retired Marine Corps general who pleaded guilty to lying to the FBI about leaking information to reporters.

10. President Trump pardoned 143 individuals and commuted the sentence of 94 people.

11. President Trump pardoned Joseph Arpaio, a former Arizona sheriff who was convicted of criminal contempt for defying a court order to stop racial profiling. He also pardoned Susan B. Anthony, a women's suffrage activist who was convicted of voting illegally in 1872, and Michael Flynn, a former national security adviser who pleaded guilty to lying to the FBI.

12. President Biden pardoned 3 felons and commuted the sentence of 73 people.