"President Trump has granted pardons that have wiped out over $1 billion in debts owed by wealthy Americans who have committed fraud and broken the law," said Oyer, who said she was fired because she ...

Elon Musk is dialing back his threat to decommission a capsule used to take astronauts and supplies to the International ...

There are all sorts of checks and balances baked into the Constitution. But one power sits above the law, untouched by ...

Legal scholar Lee Kovarsky said in an an op-ed published in the New York Times Wednesday that President Donald Trump has ...

Bryce Harper makes a triumphant return for the Phillies, the Rockies snap a record streak of futility and a Diamondbacks ace lands on the injured list, the Knicks make a coaching change after their ...

NPR's Steve Inskeep discusses the history of presidential pardons Rachel Barkow, Professor of Law at New York University.

Lincoln had granted clemency to a turkey named Jack belonging to his ... "He's granted a presidential pardon as of right now." On Monday, President Biden issued the final two turkey pardons ...

However, the history of exactly when the pardon began "gets tricky ... Bush national archives, former President Lincoln spared the life of the Thanksgiving turkey upon request from his son ...

Lincoln's 1863 clemency to the turkey, recorded in an 1865 dispatch ... George H.W. Bush offered the first official presidential pardon. "Let me assure you, and this fine tom turkey, that he ...

Here's what you need to know about the tradition: It is believed Abraham Lincoln was the first president to pardon a turkey in 1863. Lincoln's son Tad allegedly became attached to the turkey ...

President Biden Pardons Two Turkeys Ahead Of Thanksgiving ... the practice may date back to 1863 when President Abraham Lincoln gave clemency to a turkey. The move was recorded in a dispatch ...