Civil contempt isn't an "offense against the United States," and so isn't subject to Article II's pardon power.
#SCOTUS has never expressly *held* as much, but then-Chief Justice Taft suggested this in dicta in the 1925 ruling in Ex parte Grossman:
https://tile.loc.gov/storage-services/service/ll/usrep/usrep267/usrep267087/usrep267087.pdf#page=25
#SCOTUS has never expressly *held* as much, but then-Chief Justice Taft suggested this in dicta in the 1925 ruling in Ex parte Grossman:
https://tile.loc.gov/storage-services/service/ll/usrep/usrep267/usrep267087/usrep267087.pdf#page=25
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It's almost like you think it rises to the level of importance of a state abortion law from the 1850s, or how guns were handled in 1800.
It may also set up a Constitutional battle of if pardons can be revoked by a new President.