• Carrolade@lemmy.world
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    12 days ago

    That is not specified in the Constitution, and is an open question. Nobody has ever tried, to my knowledge.

    • stinerman [Ohio]@midwest.social
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      12 days ago

      This is true. No one has tried, and it hasn’t been adjudicated. However everyone treats pardons as needing to be backwards-looking.