1. President Cornell receives a request from a long-time friend, Mr. Harvard, for a pardon on both criminal and civil contempt charges. Can President Cornell pardon his friend?
2. President Elmer Fudd appoints Tazmanian Devil to a federal judgeship. Taz is a miserable failure as a judge, slobbering on the bench, eating briefs, and generally failing to carry out his duties with any degree of competence whatsoever. The House initiates impeachment proceedings against Taz. President Fudd grants Taz a full pardon covering any impeachable offenses. Is the pardon valid?
3. Olive Oyl is elected President of the United States. She nominates Bluto to a federal judgeship and he is approved by the Senate. Once he becomes a judge, it is clear that he is a real Neanderthal when it comes to civil rights. This disappoints Olive Oyl, so she calls him and tells him he is fired. He challenges his dismissal. What results?