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He actually isn't checking any branch of the government. He is simply exercising a unique power granted to his office.

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Q: If the president pardons a person convicted of a crime which branch of the government is he checking?
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Who is the president checking if he pardons a person of a crime?

the judicial branch


Who received pardons from president Johnson?

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.


This government branch can grant a pardon?

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.


What power does the president have concerning convicts?

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.


Who can grant pardons and reprieves?

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.


Who can pardon a person for a crime against the us?

The power to pardon individuals for federal crimes (whether charged, prosecuted, or convicted, or not) belongs to the President of the United States.


When the president pardons a convicted felon is this called impied power?

No, this an enumerated power in Article II, Section 2 of the US Constitution.


Who was the power in state government to grant pardons reprieves and commutations?

THE PRESIDENT c'x-gracie


Who grant pardons in government?

In the US, that privilege is confined to the Governors of the individual states and the President.


Can the president give pardons?

The President of the US can grant pardons for Federal Crimes.


Who grants pardons to convicted felons?

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.


What authority do governors have over convicted criminals?

They can grants pardons.