Jeffrey Crouch

Jeffrey Crouch is an assistant professor of American politics at American University. He is the author of The Presidential Pardon Power and the editor of the journal Congress & the Presidency.

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Our Founders Didn’t Intend for Pardons to Work Like This

The Constitution allows the president to forgive any federal crime, but just because he can does not mean he should.
- Jeffrey Crouch
- February 21, 2020