我对上周“问乔丹”问题的回答——关于国会对特赦（缺乏）权力——引发了后续提问。除了本周关于总统豁免权的问题，我在此特别邮件袋版中简要回答其中两个。
My answer to last week’s“Ask Jordan” question about the (lack of) congressional power over pardons generated follow-up questions. On top of this week’s question about presidential immunity, I’m answering two of them briefly below for this special mailbag edition.
一如既往，请通过此表单提交您关于此主题及其他任何主题的问题。
As always, submit your questions on this topic and any others through this form“So. … If Congress impeaches Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, Donald Trump cannot pardon him? REALLY?!”
“所以……如果国会弹劾国防部长皮特·赫格塞斯，唐纳德·特朗普就不能赦免他？真的吗？！”—— 乔伊斯·卡彭特嗨，乔伊斯，特朗普可以赦免赫格塞斯（或任何其他人）的任何联邦罪行，这将使他免于起诉。但总统不能利用特赦权力使赫格塞斯（或任何其他人）免受弹劾程序。这是因为宪法规定总统可以就“针对合众国的罪行”发布特赦，但不包括“弹劾案件”。
— Joyce Carpenter Hi Joyce, Trump pardon Hegseth (or anyone else) for any federal crimes, which would save him from prosecution. But the president use the pardon power to save Hegseth (or anyone else) from impeachment proceedings. That’s because the Constitution says presidents can issue pardons for “Offences against the United States” but not for “Cases of Impeachment.”
“我对您关于特赦的回答感到失望。为什么您没提到被赦免者被视为犯有特赦所针对的任何罪行。还是我搞错了？”—— 理查德嗨，理查德，您搞错了——或者至少并非在所有情况下都一定正确。
“I’m disappointed in your answer about pardons. Why didn’t you mention that the pardoned person IS considered guilty of whatever the pardon is for. Or do I have that wrong?” — Richard Hi Richard, You have that wrong — or, at least, not necessarily right in all cases.
诚然，最高法院在一个常被引用的1915年案件中表示，特赦“暗示有罪并接受供认”。但这更多是顺带陈述，而非宣布一项向前约束的规则。
To be sure, the Supreme Court said in an oft-cited 1915 case that a pardon “carries an imputation of guilt and acceptance of a confession of it.”But that was more of a statement made in passing than an announcement of a binding rule going forward.
正如一家联邦上诉法院最近指出的那样，“并非每一次接受特赦都构成认罪供认”。例如，该上诉法院指出，总统可以赦免他们认为无辜的人。他们甚至可以授予死后特赦，这导致法院指出“已故个人无法供认其罪行”。
As a federal appeals court pointed out more recently“not every acceptance of a pardon constitutes a confession of guilt.”For example, the appeals court noted that presidents can pardon people they think are innocent. They can even grant posthumous pardons which led the court to observe that “a deceased individual cannot confess his guilt.”
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