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Brian C. Kalt

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Brian C. Kalt is Professor of Law and the Harold Norris Faculty Scholar at Michigan State University College of Law. He is the author of Constitutional Cliffhangers: A Legal Guide for Presidents and Their Enemies (Yale 2012).

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The Uses and Abuses of the Pardon Power

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August 13, 2026
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