<i>released by way of presidential pardon.</i><p>The President doesn&#x27;t have the authority to pardon someone for a State crime. I suppose he could threaten to pardon federal inmates who were residents of non-compliant states before their incarceration.<p>Article II, Section 2.
The President…shall have the power to grant reprieves and pardons for offenses against the United States, except in cases of impeachment.<p>Without the abbreviation:
The President shall be commander in chief of the Army and Navy of the United States, and of the militia of the several states, when called into the actual service of the United States; he may require the opinion, in writing, of the principal officer in each of the executive departments, upon any subject relating to the duties of their respective offices, and he shall have power to grant reprieves and pardons for offenses against the United States, except in cases of impeachment.