Stepping back 240 years into the English language: Then mostly no one notices that no President has the right of pardon, other than what is polite, and a request. "Pardon Me" is a well-known aberration. Normal English usage does not even create a self-pardon for all further social indiscretions. Those do not even rise to the level of a Constitutional issue.
Mostly: No President assumes that office with a first-hour Executive Order creating a Pardon for any forthcoming federal offenses, intended in the Constitution. That is not in the job description, the oath of office, or in any multi-terms of precedents. "I am ignorant of the Law, and generally clueless about it," is more a matter for Amendment 25. The Constitutional authority is to "Grant" a pardon to others, not to "Assume" a pardon as a Constitutional Right for one-self. That would be, "Taking on the mantle" of a presidential pardon. The presidency becomes a lawless office, not law-bound.
So a link is noted--even detailing none of the above(!).
"Crow, James Crow: Shaken, Not Stirred!"
(The Christian Kingdom does do this here, all the time: Matt 25: 14-30!)
Mostly: No President assumes that office with a first-hour Executive Order creating a Pardon for any forthcoming federal offenses, intended in the Constitution. That is not in the job description, the oath of office, or in any multi-terms of precedents. "I am ignorant of the Law, and generally clueless about it," is more a matter for Amendment 25. The Constitutional authority is to "Grant" a pardon to others, not to "Assume" a pardon as a Constitutional Right for one-self. That would be, "Taking on the mantle" of a presidential pardon. The presidency becomes a lawless office, not law-bound.
So a link is noted--even detailing none of the above(!).
Can President Trump pardon himself? The answer may be hidden in a grammar lesson. - Poynter
What you need to know about presidential pardons, including a close parsing of the language in the Constitution.
www.poynter.org
"Crow, James Crow: Shaken, Not Stirred!"
(The Christian Kingdom does do this here, all the time: Matt 25: 14-30!)
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