A federal appeals court has rejected the Justice Department’s claim that President Donald Trump’s pardon of crimes related to ...

However, the views of courts and legal experts have ... of the President’s exercise of the clemency power. The answer is undoubtedly no,” the court held. Meanwhile, Case Western Reserve ...

Adds/removes courts or changes their jurisdiction ... Nominates federal court judges and Supreme Court Justices. Pardons or grants clemency to people convicted of federal crimes.

and overturning sentences through courts or reform legislation, even when everyone agrees there's been a mistake, can take years, even decades. A grant of clemency is instantaneous and ...