Can a Sitting US President Pardon Himself? A Political Science Research

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Table of Contents
Introduction......................................................................................................................................2
Research Question...........................................................................................................................2
Research Hypothesis........................................................................................................................3
Research Design:.............................................................................................................................4
Types of Investigation:................................................................................................................4
Data Collection Method:..............................................................................................................5
Ethical Issues:..............................................................................................................................5
Literature Review............................................................................................................................6
Timeline...........................................................................................................................................7
Conclusion.......................................................................................................................................8

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Introduction
On 4 June 2018, President Trump, in the midst of expanding open examination
originating from Special Counsel Robert Mueller's examination, tweeted that he had the full and
finish expert to pardon himself on the off chance that he decided to do as such. No American
president has ever tried the thought. Nor has a court has ever governed on the subject of whether
such an outrageous activity is permitted under the U.S. Constitution. The substantive law with
regards to the President's capacity seems clear. Article II, Section 2 of the Constitution presents
pardon expert on the President for infringement of US bureaucratic law (not state laws)
expressing that the President has the "ability to concede respites and pardons for offenses against
the U.S., with the exception of in instances of indictment." truth be told, one of the Founding
Fathers of our nation, Alexander Hamilton, wrote in 1788 in Federalist Paper 74 that the
assembly ought not be associated with the pardon choice, rather "one man seems, by all
accounts, to be a more qualified gadget of the leniency of government than an assemblage of
men." That individual is the President.
Research Question
Research Questions are framed in order to find out the conclusion of the research that is
done. A particular issue or concern is taken into consideration which is to be investigated and
then the research questions are framed so that the answers can be retrieved through conclusion.
The framing of research question is important to be framed in the proper way so that the people
in general understand what is the problem that is addressed and the process in which the final
conclusion is obtained.

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The research Question in this paper is—“Can a sitting US President pardon himself?”
Research Hypothesis
Hypothesis is a propositional explanation to accept something or certain events without
the supporting experimental proof yet. Reason we utilize hypothesis is to set certain expected
situation, circumstance, foundation and so forth so further logical research or examination can be
left on. Finding distinctive researchers built up their speculations contrastingly which are subject
to the research issue, research objective(s), research question(s) and applied structure/research
demonstrate. A few researchers can build up their theories dependent on research questions while
some want to build up their speculations after they had drawn up the calculated system/research
display.
In this case,
Null Hypothesis—No the US President cannot pardon himself
Alternative hypothesis—Yes the US President can pardon himself.
It has monitored that the US presidential pardon is limited to the offenses and crimes that
has been done against the country. In the US constitution it has been mentioned that the president
has the power to grant pardons as well as reprieves that have been done against the United States.
However, it is noticeable that the Article II of the constitution mentions that the president will
not be able to grant forgiveness in cases of impeachment. Moreover, it has also been mentioned
by the court that the president can grant forgiveness, partial or conditional forgiveness,
communication of the sentences as well as conditional sentences.