Though a Justice Department memo is not legally binding, its Office of Legal Counsel argued in summer 1974, in the context of the Watergate scandal engulfing President Nixon, that a president could not pardon himself.
Donald Trump says he was 'given an option' to pardon himself, but declined
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The administration has argued that the national emergency declared for the COVID-19 pandemic qualifies as a national emergency despite the fact Mr. Biden recently announced the pandemic was over.
DOJ opinion supporting loan forgiveness ignores the 'major questions doctrine'
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