President Donald Trump has recently asserted his "complete power to pardon." Frank and David look at the origin and history of the president pardon power, including:

George Washington's pardon of the Whiskey Rebels

Lincoln's pardon of Copperhead Clement Vallandigham

Andrew Johnson's generous use of the pardon for former Confederates during Reconstruction

Gerald Ford's pardon of Richard Nixon

Last Drops

Frank: SHEAR conference in Philadelphia, including a controversal tweet about yellow fever, and Pod Save America

David: Manisha Sinha's prize at SHEAR for The Slave's Cause and This American Life episode "Fear and Loathing in Homer and Rockville"