02014cam a2200349 i 4500 1913254882 TxGeo 20250206120000.0 250130s2025||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 9781668084946 hardback 1668084945 hardback (OCoLC)1492397216 TnLvILS eng TnLvILS rda TxGeo rda Toobin, Jeffrey, author. The pardon : the politics of presidental mercy / Jeffrey Toobin. Pardon : Nixon, Ford and the politics of presidental mercy. First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition. New York : Simon & Schuster, 2025. x, 287 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Includes bibliographical references and index. "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"-- Provided by publisher. Nixon, Richard M Richard Milhous 1913-1994. Nixon, Richard M Richard Milhous 1913-1994. Resignation from office. Ford, Gerald R 1913-2006. Pardons United States. Watergate Affair, 1972-1974. United States Politics and government 1969-1974. United States Politics and government 1974-1977. QS5