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BaronChocula

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18. Ex parte Garland

Reply to senseandsensibility (Original post)

Thu Feb 26, 2026, 07:54 PM

21 hrs ago

Of all things, that's the name of the precedent that allows presidential pardons before any charges are brought (as in Ford's pardon for Nixon). Just came across it.

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