As we know, Bush recently pardoned Isaac Robert Toussie whose family had donated heavily to Republicans and whose crime is linked to the mortgage meltdown. After all the bad publicity, Bush invoked his "power" to "revoke" that pardon.
http://abcnews.go.com/...
There is a debate about whether this power to revoke a pardon exists. Apparently, there is some precedent for it. http://www.concurringopinions.com/...
But the more interesting point is that Bush believes that it exists. Since Bush believes he has the authority to revoke a pardon, at least a recent one. Bush must necessarily believe that he thus had the authority to revoke Clinton's last minute pardons. If so, he must believe he had the authority to undo the Marc Rich pardon which the Repubs are dragging back into the news.
Can Bush's failure to revoke the Rich pardon, be spun into a tacit approval of the pardon?