Letters,
Government,
Constitutional Law
Aug. 31, 2017
Presidential pardons and the separation of powers
Dean Erwin Chemerinsky asks, was President Donald J. Trump’s pardon of Joe Arpaio a violation of the separation of powers doctrine.
James Ware
Arbitrator and Mediator
JAMS
Email: jware@jamsadr.com
Prior to joining JAMS, James spent 24 years as a judge and 16 years as a civil litigator.
Dean Erwin Chemerinsky asks, was President Donald J. Trump’s pardon of Joe Arpaio a violation of the separation of powers doctrine. He poses the question because the president pardoned Arpaio for a conviction for criminal contempt by the U.S. District Court.
Dean Chemerinsky makes two important points for questioning the constitutionality of pardoning Arpaio from a criminal contempt conviction. First, Article II, Section 2 empowers ...
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