Miami Township Board of Trustees Change Meeting Time. The Miami Township Board of Trustees has made the decision to change the BOT meeting start time from 7:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. This change will be effective with the June 28, 2016 meeting. The June 14, 2016 meeting will still be held at 7:00 p.m. Read on...
Treaty power. The president has the authority to negotiate treaties with other nations. These formal international agreements do not go into effect, however, until ratified by a two-thirds vote of the Senate.
The Presidentâs Pardon Power Is Absolute. But so is Congressâs impeachment power. Donald Trump is right, or more precisely, his lawyers are: The presidentâs constitutional power to grant pardons for violations of federal law is absolute. Article II, Section 2 of the Constitution grants the president the unqualified power to âgrant Reprieves and Pardons for Offences against the United States, except in Cases of Impeachment.â Legally, the president may pardon whomever he wants, whenever he wants, for whatever reason he wants, for any and all violations of federal law. (He has no power to grant pardons for state-law violations.) He may pardon crooks, cronies, and co-conspirators in his own corruption. And, though it goes against every principle of natural justice and the traditions of the law, he may even pardon himself.