Former Mesa County Clerk Tina Peters is serving a nine-year sentence in a Colorado prison. (Photo by Marc Piscotty/Getty Images)
Ticktin went on to argue that Trump has the power to pardon Peters despite her being convicted of state-level crimes.
"The reason that many pundits opine that you have only the power to grant pardons for federal offenses is that we all understand the 'United States' to be the federal government of our country," he wrote, referring to the text of the pardon power in the Constitution.
"We have one country, and it is called the 'United States,'" he added before making a lengthy argument about the phrasing of the pardon power.
President Donald Trump has repeatedly demanded that Colorado authorities release Peters. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
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"Colorado must end this unjust incarceration of an innocent American," he added.
Colorado Gov. Jared Polis, a Democrat, has vowed not to pardon Peters as part of a deal with Trump, saying he would not participate in "any scheme to prevent her from being held accountable under Colorado law."
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