The Official "Damned Trump" Thread: Phase II

[Angrboda]

It surely is, her being convicted in state court and not federal court and all.

Apparently, some dispute that by "United States" in the clause about pardons, the term refers to the federal government, suggesting that by "United States" they meant the states collectively, extending his pardon power to any state acts of any of the collected "United States." It's a theory, I guess. There is no precedent on the matter, so it could, potentially, be up for resolution by the Supreme Court.