Pardon Me?: The History of the Washington Territorial Government and the Self-Pardon
by Michael Schein Michael Schein is the author (among other books) of Bones Beneath Our Feet: A Historical Novel of Puget Sound (Bennett & Hastings 2011) that includes a dramatization of these events. He is an attorney and a former Professor of American Legal History. Isaac Stevens served as the Territorial Governor of Washington from 1853 to 1857 Our disgraced President, knowing that his days in office are numbered and that he has committed serious crimes, has floated the idea of pardoning himself. Reports in the media suggest that no president has ever done this, and no court has...
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