The Pardon: The Politics of Presidential Mercy by Toobin, Jeffrey
The Pardon: The Politics of Presidential Mercy by Toobin, Jeffrey

The Pardon: The Politics of Presidential Mercy

"A splendid narrative about political power and mercy." --David Grann, #1 bestselling author of The Wager The...
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Author: Jeffrey Toobin
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The Pardon: The Politics of Presidential Mercy by Toobin, Jeffrey

The Pardon: The Politics of Presidential Mercy

$45.61
The Pardon: The Politics of Presidential Mercy by Toobin, Jeffrey

The Pardon: The Politics of Presidential Mercy

$45.61
Author: Jeffrey Toobin
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
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"A splendid narrative about political power and mercy." --David Grann, #1 bestselling author of The Wager

The power of the presidential pardon has our national attention now more than ever before. This "thought-provoking and strenuously argued" (The Washington Post) book from New York Times bestselling author and CNN legal commentator Jeffrey Toobin provides a timely and compelling narrative of the most controversial presidential pardon in American history--Gerald Ford's pardon of Richard Nixon, revealing the profound implications for our current political landscape, and how it is already affecting the legacies of both Presidents Biden and Trump.

In this deeply reported book, Toobin explores why the Founding Fathers gave the power of pardon to the President and recreates the behind-the-scenes political melodrama during the tumultuous period around Nixon's resignation. The story features a rich cast of characters, including Alexander Haig, Nixon's last chief of staff, who pushed for the pardon, and a young Justice Department lawyer named Antonin Scalia, who provided the legal justification.

Ford's shocking decision to pardon Nixon was widely criticized at the time, yet it has since been reevaluated as a healing gesture for a divided country. But Toobin argues that Ford's pardon was an unwise gift to an undeserving recipient and an unsettling political precedent. The Pardon explores those that followed: Jimmy Carter's amnesty for Vietnam draft resisters, Bill Clinton's pardon of Marc Rich, and the extraordinary story of Trump's unprecedented pardons at the end of his first term.

"A master class on a power wielded by presidents for more than 200 years" (The Guardian), The Pardon is a must-read for anyone interested in American history, the complex dynamics of power within the highest office in the nation, and the implications of presidential mercy.

Author: Jeffrey Toobin
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Published: 02/11/2025
Pages: 304
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 0.95lbs
Size: 9.10h x 6.10w x 1.30d
ISBN: 9781668084946


Review Citation(s):
Kirkus Reviews 02/01/2025
Booklist 02/01/2025 pg. 20

About the Author
Toobin, Jeffrey: - Jeffrey Toobin, the longtime CNN legal commentator, is the author of ten books, including The Nine: Inside the Secret World of the Supreme Court, The Run of His Life: The People vs. O.J. Simpson, Homegrown: Timothy McVeigh and the Rise of Right-Wing Extremism, American Heiress, The Oath, Too Close to Call, and A Vast Conspiracy. A magna cum laude graduate of Harvard Law School, he lives with his family in New York.
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