Laurence Tribe

Laurence Tribe @tribelaw

1.Time to reup what I wrote in WaPo this 7/21: “The Constitution specifically bars the president from using the pardon power to prevent his own impeachment and removal. It adds that any official removed through impeachment remains fully subject to criminal prosecution.” — PolitiTweet.org

Laurence Tribe @tribelaw

There are lots of reasons a self-pardon isn’t permitted by the Constitution, but a key question nobody seems to have asked is why pardoning someone in return for a bribe must be forbidden. It’s because the only legal pardon is one granted solely to benefit another, not yourself! — PolitiTweet.org