Perhaps Congressman Nadler should retake his high school civics class. The authority to issue pardons is granted to the President in the Constitution of the United States. Congress may propose an amendment to that provision but may not effect one. So any resolution, even if passed over a Presidential veto (a certainty in this case!) it would in fact have no effect.

The most Congress can do is to refuse to authorize/appropriate any funds for use by the President in issuing pardons. Which would mean he'd have to buy his own pens and paper!


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