Claim

Claim 779

Morison's case ended with a presidential pardon after the Supreme Court declined to hear it.

Published 2026-09-26. Last reviewed 2026-09-26. 1 source.

Statement: Morison's case ended with a presidential pardon after the Supreme Court declined to hear it.
Field: reversed_on
Value: President Clinton later pardoned Morison
About: incident 1985-us-morison-espionage-act-conviction
Source: United States v. Morison (4th Cir.) (1988)
Publisher: The First Amendment Encyclopedia, Middle Tennessee State University
Method: outlet report
Checked: 2026-09-26
Confidence: medium
Status: current
Source date: 2009

Quotation from the source

The Supreme Court declined to hear Morison’s case, but he was later pardoned by President Bill Clinton.