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.
Constitutional Authority for Presidential Pardons. The power to grant pardons is given to the President of the United States by Article II, Section 2 of the U.S. Constitution, which states in part: The President ... shall have power to grant reprieves and pardons for offenses against the United States, except in cases of impeachment.. No standards, and only one limitation -- no pardons for the impeached. The whole subject of presidential pardons stirred little debate at the Constitutional Convention of 1787.