Hey Donald, Did You Know?

[ItsjustMe]

[Arne]

1. Oh look. His tie is too tight. Melania tied it.

[patricia92243]

2. I'd like to slap that repulsive face :(

[onenote]

3. Except, as many legal experts have repeatedly pointed out, that isn't what the Court "ruled."

Justice McKenna's statement was non-binding, non-precedential "dicta" that was unnecessary to the actual holding of the case.

Moreover, pardons are not given only because someone is deemed worthy of being "forgiven" for actions that were the basis for a criminal conviction or that might lead to a criminal prosecution. Pardons also are given to exonerate people who have been unjustly convicted or that might be unjustly prosecuted. Put another way, pardons are sometimes because a person is innocent or has been or might be the subject of a miscarriage of justice (such as might be the case if they were convicted on the basis of perjured testimony). It would be an unconstitutional limitation on the power of the President to grant pardons if someone had to admit to being "guilty" in order to receive a pardon, particularly a pre-emptive pardon.