True or False? When President Jimmy Carter granted amnesty to those who were either deserters or draft evaders during the Vietnam War, the Supreme Court declared it unconstitutional because it went beyond the President's authority to grant pardons (which can only be used for a single individual, not a group of persons).

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Gianni Greene

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17 April, 06:36

True or False? When President Jimmy Carter granted amnesty to those who were either deserters or draft evaders during the Vietnam War, the Supreme Court declared it unconstitutional because it went beyond the President's authority to grant pardons (which can only be used for a single individual, not a group of persons).

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Felipe Lin · Answer 1

False

Explanation:

The 39th president of the United States, Jimmy Carter, granted what was known as unconditional pardon on January 21, 1977, to over thousands of men who evaded the draft during the war America fought with Vietnam.

These young Americans were said to have moved to different places in early 1970s so that they will not serve in the war. Most of them went to Canada while some others hid in the United States. Some men who deserted the military also went to Canada where they were left untouched unlike what was found in Canadian law for such deserters to be persecuted.