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by walterclifford 1991 days ago
> can it be as generic and vague as he wants?

Carter pardoned anyone/everyone who dodged the draft during the Vietnam War https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proclamation_4483

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Thanks, I didn't know that. I'm still learning about American history.
There are a bunch of other examples too; I wrote a bit about that over here a few years ago: https://politics.stackexchange.com/questions/19519/can-the-p...