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The shameful failure of yesterday’s SCOTUS 14th Amendment arguments
10 months, 2 weeks ago

The shameful failure of yesterday’s SCOTUS 14th Amendment arguments

Raw Story  

The single most astonishing thing about yesterday’s oral arguments before the Supreme Court was the almost complete lack of historical context in those arguments about an insurrectionist staying on the ballot. And yet that is exactly what provoked Pennsylvania Congressman Thaddeus Stevens, Michigan’s Senator Jacob Howard, and New York’s Senator Roscoe Conkling to write and push through Congress the 14th …

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Opinion: Trump is running despite the 14th Amendment. He’s not the first insurrectionist to do so
1 year, 2 months ago

Opinion: Trump is running despite the 14th Amendment. He’s not the first insurrectionist to do so

LA Times  

A statue of Confederate Gen. Wade Hampton on the grounds of the South Carolina State House. Under Section 3 of the 14th Amendment, anyone who took an oath to support the Constitution and then engaged in insurrection against the United States is prohibited from holding federal office. Conservative constitutional originalists William Baude and Michael Stokes Paulsen have argued that the …

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What’s the 14th Amendment and can it block Trump’s 2024 presidential bid?
1 year, 3 months ago

What’s the 14th Amendment and can it block Trump’s 2024 presidential bid?

Al Jazeera  

Scholars say the US Constitution could bar the ex-president from holding public office again for engaging in insurrection. But it also includes a seldom-used “disqualification clause” — formally known as Section Three — which can be enforced to bar current and former officials from public office if they “engaged in insurrection or rebellion”. Critics say Section Three’s language should make …

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Opinion: Why March 2 is the true birthday of modern America
1 year, 9 months ago

Opinion: Why March 2 is the true birthday of modern America

LA Times  

Crews work to remove one of the country’s largest monuments to the Confederacy, a towering statue of Gen. Robert E. Lee on Monument Avenue in Richmond, Va., on Sept. 8, 2021. This was the day in 1867 when Congress overrode President Andrew Johnson’s veto of the first Reconstruction Act, which created a new republic by wiping out the governments of …

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SC workers may get Juneteenth, Confederate holiday choice
2 years, 9 months ago

SC workers may get Juneteenth, Confederate holiday choice

Associated Press  

COLUMBIA, S.C. — A bill that would allow state employees to take the Juneteenth holiday or any other day instead of Confederate Memorial Day unanimously passed the South Carolina Senate on Tuesday. To not spend any additional money, the bill would create a floating holiday that workers could take on Confederate Memorial Day on May 10, for Juneteenth or any …

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S. Carolina considers replacing Confederate Memorial Day
2 years, 10 months ago

S. Carolina considers replacing Confederate Memorial Day

Associated Press  

COLUMBIA, S.C. — A bill giving state employees a floating holiday to replace Confederate Memorial Day is heading to the South Carolina Senate floor. The bill started as a proposal to add the Juneteenth celebration on June 19 as a new state holiday. But instead of adding a 14th holiday, the members of the Senate Family and Veterans Services Committee …

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