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https://i0.wp.com/freespeechforpeople.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/attribution-requirednoderivatives_victoria-pickering-on-flickr.jpeg?fit=637%2C481&ssl=1637481The President’s constitutional power to pardon (or to commute) is broad, but it is not absolute. Rather, it is limited by the text of the Constitution, including, for example, the Equal Protection Clause and the First Amendment, and, most relevant here, Article II’s Faithful Execution Clauses, which established legal constraints on the Executive similar toRead More