Just so you know...

[jmowreader]

The constitutional pardon power is limited, in that a president cannot pardon someone who’s been impeached.

If Trump is ordered to resign and actually resigns, I suspect Pence will be informed by the GOP Congress that pardoning Trump will cause them to immediately impeach Pence.

In short, Trump fucked up in ways he can’t bullshit his way out of.

[MineralMan]

1. Just so you know: A President cannot be ordered to resign.

Nobody has the authority to issue such an order.

[jmowreader]

4. Nixon was effectively ordered to resign by members of his own party.

Having to impeach a man the GOP is as "all in" on as they are with Trump is going to fuck their party for a generation. If Trump resigns, they're probably hosed for at least one and possibly two election cycles, but they can get back into it by 2028 at the latest.

Trump's demise will probably bring back the smoke-filled room in the Republican Party; they know that if party insiders would have chosen the 2016 candidate, it wouldn't have been Trump.

[onetexan]

5. they didn't order Nixon. Rather they told him it's a binary choice - either resign or be impeached

[euphorb]

2. I think you are misreading this clause.

The president can pardon a person who has been impeached for any underlying crimes. What the president can’t do is pardon the impeachment itself. At least that has been my understanding.

[MineralMan]

3. Yes, that's how it has been understood for a very long time.

I doubt that will change.