Explore the history, power, and limitations of presidential pardons, from Nixon to WikiLeaks, including the self-pardon debate.
What are the legal framework and historical basis for presidential pardons, and can a president self-pardon or issue pre-emptive pardons?
In the latest installment of this popular series, Peter Afrasiabi answers these and many other interesting questions while discussing the laws that govern presidential pardons.
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Founding Partner at One, LLP
Peter Afrasiabi is a founding partner at One LLP and focuses his practice on copyright, patent, trademark, and entertainment litigation. In addition, Peter is a professor and the Director of the Appellate Clinic at the University of California, Irvine School of Law. Peter graduated from the University of California, Los Angeles and the University of Southern California Gould School of Law.
