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I need to answer these questions in order and all the little spaces

Name: ___________ Date: ______________ 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:

Name: _____________________________

Date: 2023-03-03

The U.S. Constitution grants the president the power to pardon under Article II, Section 2, Clause 1.

The Constitutional power granted to the president to pardon can only be changed through a Constitutional amendment.

Pardon is a form of clemency granted by the president that forgives someone for a federal crime and restores their civil rights, while commutation is a reduction of a person's sentence.

The President's use of pardon or commutation powers does not extend to cases of impeachment. Also, they cannot pardon someone for a state or local crime.

The Department of Justice has a process to review pardon and commutation applications and makes recommendations to the president, but the president has the ultimate decision-making power.

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

President George W. Bush commuted the sentence of Lewis “Scooter” Libby, Jose A Compean, and Ignacio Ramos.

a. Lewis “Scooter” Libby was convicted of perjury and obstruction of justice in the investigation into the leak of the identity of a CIA agent.

b. Jose A Compean and Ignacio Ramos were Border Patrol agents who were convicted of shooting and wounding an unarmed drug smuggler and attempting to cover up the incident.

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

President Obama commuted the sentence of Chelsea Manning and James Cartwright.

a. Chelsea Manning was convicted of violating the Espionage Act and other offenses for leaking classified military and diplomatic documents to WikiLeaks.

b. James Cartwright was convicted of lying to the FBI about leaking classified information to journalists.

President Trump pardoned 237 people and commuted the sentence of 94 people.

President Trump pardoned Joseph Arpaio, Susan B. Anthony, and Michael Flynn.

a. Joseph Arpaio was convicted of criminal contempt of court for defying a court order to stop racially profiling Latinos.

b. Susan B. Anthony was convicted in 1873 of voting in violation of the law that only allowed men to vote.

c. Michael Flynn was convicted of lying to the FBI about his contacts with a Russian diplomat during the 2016 presidential campaign.

President Biden pardoned 18 people and commuted the sentence of 11 people.