The political class insists that Fauci’s pardon should end the matter, but that is not what the Constitution says. The president may pardon “Offences against the United States,” which means federal crimes. A president cannot pardon violations of Florida, Texas, Missouri, New York, or any other state’s laws because the states did not surrender their separate criminal sovereignty to the White House. Political anger is not evidence, and a state prosecutor cannot simply rename an exclusively federal offense to evade a presidential pardon. The states must proceed carefully because a prosecution built upon political vengeance would be as dangerous as a politically motivated pardon.