The Pardon - The Politics of Presidential Mercy

"Toobin explores why the Founding Fathers gave the power of pardon to the President and recreates the behind-the-scenes political melodrama during the tumultuous period around Nixon's resignation. The story features a rich cast of characters, including Alexander Haig, Nixon's last chief of staff, who pushed for the pardon, and a young Justice Department lawyer named Antonin Scalia, who provided the legal justification. Ford's shocking decision to pardon Nixon was widely criticized at the time, yet it has since been reevaluated as a healing gesture for a divided country. But Toobin argues that Ford's pardon was an unwise gift to an undeserving recipient and an unsettling political precedent"--

About the author

Jeffrey Toobin, the longtime CNN legal commentator, is the author of ten books, including The Nine: Inside the Secret World of the Supreme Court, The Run of His Life: The People vs. O.J. Simpson, Homegrown: Timothy McVeigh and the Rise of Right-Wing Extremism, American Heiress, The Oath, Too Close to Call, and A Vast Conspiracy. A magna cum laude graduate of Harvard Law School, he lives with his family in New York.

Product details

• Authors: Jeffrey Toobin, Jeffrey Toobin
• Publisher: Simon & Schuster USA
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.02.2025
• EAN: 9781668084946
• ISBN: 978-1-66808-494-6
• Dimensions: 160 mm x 235 mm x 25 mm
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Natural sciences (general); Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; USA, 20th Century, 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000, HISTORY / United States / 20th Century, LAW / Government / Federal, POLITICAL SCIENCE / American Government / National, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, United States of America, USA, History of the Americas, Central / national / federal government, Government powers, Central government