To show, no man is ABOVE the law, including the President.
And no, he can NOT constitutionally PARDON HIMSELF for his own crimes...
can you imagine if every president could commit all the crimes they wanted while in office, because they knew they could just pardon themselves... even for murder?
There is nothing in the law that prevents him from pardoning himself. Stop making up chit.
Sure there is... in the constitution it dictates presidents SHALL BE prosecuted for their crimes after they are impeached from office or simply no longer in office.
There would be no specifics on this, if the Founders believed a president could simply pardon themselves....
The constitution makes clear, no man including the president is above the law.
The DOJ established under Nixon, a president can NOT pardon himself, due to the law standard of no man can judge in his own cause. He can not make the judgement that he himself should be given a pardon. Nixon tried, but was legally advised, that he could not.do so.... that is why he resigned and Ford pardoned him.
And the constitution says a pardon is a grant. People are granted pardons by the President. GRANT is a term used legally, as a gift given, to someone else.... not yourself.
AGAIN...The founders did NOT give presidents the power to pardon themselves for federal crimes they committed....They gave instructions on how they SHALL be prosecuted for their crimes.
When Trump pardons himself, he does so illegally and he will be contested on it, and with no doubt, the supreme court will side with the founders and their constitutional intent....
We are a nation of laws, not men...
And no man, is above the law.