He actually isn't checking any branch of the government. He is simply exercising a unique power granted to his office.
The president has the power to give a pardon with the help of other officials. The president has the power to give a pardon with the help of other officials.
According to current laws (and this should be in the Constitution as well), the Executive Branch, specifically the President of the United States, is allowed the 'power of pardon' (the ability to grant pardons).
The Executive branch of government is the only branch that can grant pardons and reprieves, under Article 2, of the United States Constitution. Only the President has the ability to grant pardons and reprieves in the Executive branch.
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The president pardons people whom he believes were unfairly convicted or unfairly punished for law violations of if he feels they have been punished enough. (Occasionally, presidents have been accused of pardoning people for political or personal reasons and that is always possible, I suppose.)
the judicial branch
Lyndon Johnson granted 1187 pardons and commutations during his presidency. None were of any particular note, other than a Congressman who had been convicted of Bribery, and a President of the Carpenter's Union, convicted for Contempt Of Congress.
The Executive Branch.More specifically, the President can grant pardons to whom whoever, whenever he wishes. This excuses the person of their crime and conviction that the President pardons.
The President has the power to grant pardons to person convicted of crimes; but this does not include the power to relieve a person from being impeached from office.
The president has the power to give a pardon with the help of other officials. The president has the power to give a pardon with the help of other officials.
The power to pardon individuals for federal crimes (whether charged, prosecuted, or convicted, or not) belongs to the President of the United States.
No, this an enumerated power in Article II, Section 2 of the US Constitution.
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In the US, that privilege is confined to the Governors of the individual states and the President.
The President of the US can grant pardons for Federal Crimes.
The Governor of the state in which you were convicted. In the State of GA, that is not the case. You must apply to the State Board of Pardons and Paroles after your sentence is complete and an additional 5-year period in which you were not convicted of any crime.
They can grants pardons.