| | Justice Sotomayor in the same case in dissent from denial of a request for a GVR, on behalf of a total of 4 Justices: | | Justice Sotomayor in the same case in dissent from denial of a request for a GVR, on behalf of a total of 4 Justices: |
| | <blockquote>Plainly, the Article II pardon power, which applies in all federal criminal cases, does not obviate or impliedly displace available judicial processes and remedies. To the contrary, while Presidential pardons and commutations may be granted as acts of mercy, to address changes in society or personal circumstances, or for other reasons, they have never been understood as mechanisms for correcting errors, whether by courts or by the Government. Moreover, relying on the theoretical availability of a pardon overlooks the fact that the courts, not just the Government, initially erred by approving Grzegorczyk’s unlawful sentence in excess of the statutory maximum.<blockquote> | | <blockquote>Plainly, the Article II pardon power, which applies in all federal criminal cases, does not obviate or impliedly displace available judicial processes and remedies. To the contrary, while Presidential pardons and commutations may be granted as acts of mercy, to address changes in society or personal circumstances, or for other reasons, they have never been understood as mechanisms for correcting errors, whether by courts or by the Government. Moreover, relying on the theoretical availability of a pardon overlooks the fact that the courts, not just the Government, initially erred by approving Grzegorczyk’s unlawful sentence in excess of the statutory maximum.<blockquote> |
| − | Grzegorczyk v. United States, 142 S. Ct. 2580, 2586 n.7 (2022) (Sotomayor, J., dissenting from denial of certiorari). | + | ''Grzegorczyk v. United States'', 142 S. Ct. 2580, 2586 n.7 (2022) (Sotomayor, J., dissenting from denial of certiorari). |