Originally Posted by crockett

“Under the fundamental rule that no one may be a judge in his own case, the President cannot pardon himself.”

Acting Assistant Attorney General Mary Lawton; August 5, 1974

Also known as Nemo iudex in causa sua.

In addition, from Article 2 Section 2 of the US Constitution:

The President shall be Commander in Chief of the Army and Navy of the United States, and of the Militia of the several States, when called into the actual Service of the United States; he may require the Opinion, in writing, of the principal Officer in each of the executive Departments, upon any Subject relating to the Duties of their respective Offices, and he shall have Power to grant Reprieves and Pardons for Offenses against the United States, except in Cases of Impeachment.

But keep on being good little red hat sheeples.. we know you hate the US Consitution and what it stands for..