# Has Pardon Power Gone Too Far? – with Mike Nelson and Steve Vladeck

An episode of [You Might Be Right](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1642334178), 1 Apr 2025, 43 min.

Audio: https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/pdst.fm/e/tracking.swap.fm/track/tcQd6Q6C0RUUlOHq1Ytj/mgln.ai/e/51/pdrl.fm/002dc3/traffic.megaphone.fm/TPG1610351454.mp3?updated=1773455924

The power of the President to pardon convicted criminals is enshrined in the Constitution, but many experts have criticized the recent use of pardons and calls for reform have grown louder. Governors Bredesen and Haslam are joined by Mike Nelson, professor of political science at Rhodes College and Steve Vladeck, professor of law at Georgetown University (and returning YMBR guest), to discuss this power, what the Framers of the Constitution intended, and how it could be reformed.

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