President Donald Trump is reportedly mulling the scope of his power to pardon everyone around him—and possibly himself—in the Russia investigation that Special Counsel Robert Mueller III leads.

“This is not in the context of, 'I can't wait to pardon myself,' ” an adviser told The Washington Post. Jay Sekulow, a lawyer for Trump, denied that they're discussing pardons. Another Trump lawyer, John Dowd, told BuzzFeed News on Friday: “There is nothing going on on pardons, research—nothing.”

Still, all of this means questions remain about pardon power.

Lawyers to the rescue! Here's a snapshot of some of the commentary from around the web. For more information on presidential pardon power, check out the National Constitution Center.

Daniel Hemel and Eric Posner, University of Chicago Law School: “If it could be shown that President Trump pardoned his family members and close aides to cover up possible crimes, then that could be seen as acting 'corruptly' and he could be charged with obstruction of justice. If, as some commentators believe, a sitting president cannot be indicted, Mr. Trump could still face prosecution after he leaves the White House. There is strong support for the claim that the obstruction statutes apply to the president.” [The New York Times op-ed]

Brian Kalt, Michigan State University College of Law: “I have been studying self-pardons and writing about them for over 20 years now (including in Chapter 2 of my book), and I have thoroughly convinced myself that any court faced with the issue should rule against self-pardons' validity. But 'should' and 'would' are two different things, and it is so hard to predict just what the Supreme Court would do that I can't say with any precision. I'll just say that I think it's less than 50 percent, but not close to zero percent.” [CNN]

Laurence Tribe, Harvard Law School: “Memo to Trump: Anyone you pardon can be compelled to testify without any grant of immunity, and that testimony could undo you.” [Twitter]

Keith Harper, Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton: “The real hesitance on pardon for Trump is that afterwards 5th Amend[ment] protection evaporates. But future perjury doesn't.” [Twitter]

Andy Wright, Savannah Law School: “While some doubt remains about whether the president has the authority to pardon himself, a self-pardon is most likely legally ineffective from shielding a president from future federal prosecution.” [Just Security]

Samuel Morison, formerly of the DOJ's Office of the Pardon Attorney: “My opinion is that in theory that he could [self-pardon]. But then he would be potentially subject to impeachment for doing that.” He added: “There are no constraints defined in the Constitution itself that says he can't do that.” [The Washington Post]

P.S. Ruckman, Rock Valley College professor who runs the blog Pardon Power: “The conventional wisdom, or the Supreme Court jargon to date, suggests that a president can pardon someone before, during or after conviction. Is it possible Trump could pardon for crimes he may have committed in some period of time? Absolutely, yes.” [The Washington Post]