pardon

One of the most controversial (and most hated) decisions ever made by a US President was Ford's decision to pardon Nixon in the aftermath of Watergate. Nixon had clearly been guilty of obstruction of justice (we know this thanks to the smoking gun tape that triggered the resignation), but in one...

I know this is pretty ridiculous but I'm not going to put it in ASB because it's in the realm of physical possibility and that's for the likes of Time Travel and wizards, but what if Jack Ruby was pardoned by President Johnson for killing Kennedy's assassin? What would the immediate fallout be?