One Constitutional Clause Lets Trump Ignore the US Senate on Sam Bankman-Fried

The United States Senate passed a resolution opposing clemency for Sam Bankman-Fried. But can a Senate vote actually stop the president from pardoning him if he decides to? The law offers a blunt answer. It cannot. Article II, Section 2, Clause 1 hands the president near-total pardon authority, and a non-binding resolution does nothing to