# Ooops! Can a Presidential Pardon Be Rescinded?

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**Category:** Great Debates\
**Created:** [December 24, 2008, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ooops-can-a-presidential-pardon-be-rescinded/478604 "2008-12-24T23:33:07Z")\
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**Author:** ![whorfin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/6f9a4e/32.png) [@whorfin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/whorfin)\
**Post date:** [December 29, 2008, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ooops-can-a-presidential-pardon-be-rescinded/478604/41 "2008-12-29T20:43:35Z")

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> [@Gfactor](#):
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> Right. In fact, the court was certain a pardon wasn’t revocable–yet he found that delivery was crucial, and refused to discharge the prisoner.
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> Here’s the case: [Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the District Courts of the United ... - Robert Dewey Benedict, Benjamin Lincoln Benedict - Google Books](http://books.google.com/books?id=0_E7AAAAIAAJ&printsec=frontcover#PPA307,M1)
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> And an excerpt from it:

Thank you so much for the link. I’ll enjoy reading it!

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**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\
**Post date:** [December 30, 2008, 5:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ooops-can-a-presidential-pardon-be-rescinded/478604/42 "2008-12-30T05:06:08Z")

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> [@](#):
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> Perhaps it is the “appearance of impropriety” raised by papa Toussie’s $28,500 “donation” to the RNC?

“Wait a second. That’s only two zeroes. I told him $285,000. Quick, somebody go grab that pardon.”

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