Dr. Jeffrey Crouch, who is author of the book “The Presidential Pardon Power,” will present “The History of the Presidential Pardon Power” on Thursday, March 27, at 4:30 p.m. at 91̳ in Schaap Auditorium of the Jim and Martie Bultman Student Center.
The public is invited. Admission is free.
Crouch is an assistant professor of American politics at American University in Washington, D.C. His commentary on presidential pardons — or, federal executive clemency — has appeared in the New York Times, the Washington Post, the Atlantic, the Los Angeles Times, Politico, NBC News, Newsweek, The Hill and other media outlets.
He is editor of Congress & the Presidency journal, co-editor of the Congressional Leaders book series for the University Press of Kansas, and a Fellow at the Center for Congressional and Presidential Studies (CCPS). The University Press of Kansas has published all three of his books: “The Presidential Pardon Power”; “The Unitary Executive Theory: A Danger to Constitutional Government” (co-authored with Mark J. Rozell and Mitchel A. Sollenberger); and “Newt Gingrich: The Rise and Fall of a Party Entrepreneur” (co-authored with Matthew N. Green).
Among the many courses that Crouch has taught are The U.S. Presidency, The Presidency and the Executive Branch, and Presidential Scandals.
Crouch is a 1997 graduate of Hope, where he majored in political science. He subsequently completed a J.D. at the University of Michigan Law School and a Ph.D. at The Catholic University of America.
The event is presented through the college's Vanderbush Law Lectureship and co-sponsored by Hope's Department of Political Science and Pre-Law Society.
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The Jim and Martie Bultman Student Center is located at 115 E. 12th St., at the center of the Hope campus between College and Columbia avenues along the former 12th Street. Schaap Auditorium is on the lower level near the building’s southwest corner.