Who can get a presidential pardon? Part 1 with Helen Bollwerk

Longtime former pardon attorney Helen Bollwerk explains that while the pardon power is solely at the discretion of the president, there are also lots of procedural regulations and judicial precedents that influence who gets pardoned.

This episode references:

U.S. Constitution, Art. II, Sec. 2

https://constitution.congress.gov/browse/article-2/section-2/

28 CFR § 1.1 - 1.11

https://www.law.cornell.edu/cfr/text/28/part-1

Ex parte Wells, 59 U.S. (18 How.) 307 (1855)

https://supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/59/307/

Ex parte Garland, 71 U.S. (4 Wall.) 333 (1866)

https://supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/71/333/

Carlesi v. New York, 233 U.S. 51 (1914)

https://supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/233/51/

Burdick v. United States, 236 U.S. 79 (1915)

https://supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/236/79/

Ex parte Grossman, 267 U.S. 87 (1925)

https://supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/267/87/

Hoffa v. Saxbe, 378 F. Supp. 1221 (D.D.C. 1974)

https://law.justia.com/cases/federal/district-courts/FSupp/378/1221/2124607/

Schick v. Reed, 419 U.S. 256 (1974)

https://www.oyez.org/cases/1974/73-5677

United States v. Noonan, 906 F.2d 952 (3d Cir. 1990)

https://casetext.com/case/us-v-noonan

Office of the Pardon Attorney in the Department of Justice

https://www.justice.gov/pardon

Helen Bollwerk worked as an attorney in the Justice Department Office of the Pardon Attorney.