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22 B.U. Pub. Int. L.J. 293 (2013)
Governors: Seize the Law: A Call to Expand the Use of Pardons to Provide Relief from Deportation

handle is hein.journals/bupi22 and id is 305 raw text is: GOVERNORS! SEIZE THE LAW: A CALL TO EXPAND THE USE OF PARDONS TO PROVIDE RELIEF FROM DEPORTATION STACY CAPLOW* ABSTRACT.. ........................................................ 294 I. AN OVERVIEW OF THE FEDERAL PARDON POWER.............. 299 A. The Development of the Pardon Power in Federal Law ... 300 B. Federal Pardons in Immigration Cases ................. 304 II. A HISTORY OF THE IMMIGRATION AND NATIONALITY LAW PARDON CLAUSE ....................................... 305 A. The Immigration Act of 1917.. ....................... 306 B. The Acts of 1924, 1925, and 1926 ..................... 311 C. The Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952 ............. 311 D. Modern Immigration and Nationality Laws ............... 313 E. The Pardon Clause Today ........................... 314 1. The Pardon Only Affects the Grounds of Removability Set Forth in the Statute .......................... 315 2. The Pardon Must Be Granted by the Executive Authority .. ................................... 315 3. The Pardon Must Be Full and Unconditional ....... .316 4. A Foreign Pardon Is Ineffective to Forestall Deportation ................................... 316 5. A Pardon May Not Provide Relief for Inadmissibility-Most of the Time .................. 316 6. A Pardon Does Not Eradicate the Impact of a Conviction on a Good Moral Character Determination ................................. 317 III. GOVERNOR PATERSON'S PARDON PANEL AS A MODEL FOR STATE ACTION ......................................... 318 A. The Pardon Power Under New York State Law ........... 318 B. The Paterson Panel's Pardons ........................ 320 * Professor of Law and Director of Clinical Education, Brooklyn Law School. This article owes a great deal to the excellent research assistance of BLS students Jesse Thompson and Adam Fleming and was supported by a generous Brooklyn Law School Summer Research Stipend. I am grateful beyond words for the critical eye and strong hand of my friend and collaborator, Maryellen Fullerton, who always has my back, and to Gene Cerruti for everything that makes life worth living. 293