Gregory Walcott, a character actor whose rÃ©sumÃ© included numerous television westerns, several Clint Eastwood movies and prestige films like âNorma Raeâ â but who was probably best known as one of the stars of âPlan 9 From Outer Space,â often called the worst movie ever made â died on Friday at his home in the Canoga Park neighborhood of Los Angeles ...
Except in cases of impeachment and only in cases of federal crimes, the power of the President to pardon is *absolute* and *final*, neither Congress nor the Courts can block or overturn a pardon.
They also weighed whether presidents should be allowed to pardon people only after they are convicted. They decided not to add that restriction, because they thought a quick pardon of a captured spy would induce the spy to divulge military secrets. They decided not to limit the presidents power in any way.