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- Self-pardoning wasn't on the table at Thursday's Supreme Court hearing.
- It was clearly on the justices' minds as they weighed if Trump should enjoy presidential immunity.
- Justice Alito asked whether every president could just pardon themselves before leaving office.
Before leaving the presidency, Donald Trump considered whether to pardon himself.
"I was given an option to pardon myself. I could've pardoned myself when I left," Trump once told NBC News. "People said, 'Would you like to pardon yourself?' I had a couple of attorneys that said, 'You could do it if you want.'"