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Pardon who? Hunter Biden case renews ethical debate over use and limits of peculiar presidential power

  • Written by Scott Davidson, Professor of Philosophy, West Virginia University
imagePresident Joe Biden and son Hunter Biden stepping out of a bookstore in Nantucket, Mass. on Nov. 29, 2024. Mandel Ngan/AFP via Getty Images

The decision by President Joe Biden to pardon his son, Hunter, despite previously suggesting he would not do so, has reopened debate over the use of the presidential pardon.

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