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#Jan6Insurrection (Original Post) LetMyPeopleVote Oct 2021 OP
Twitter reply: Rhiannon12866 Oct 2021 #1
This!👆 SheltieLover Oct 2021 #2
Clear violation of the 14th Amendment, Section Three: Rhiannon12866 Oct 2021 #3
Absofuckingloutely! SheltieLover Oct 2021 #4
I didn't think of this myself, I got this from Mary Trump's new book - and it fits perfectly! Rhiannon12866 Oct 2021 #5
I really believe they are afraid to set precedents SheltieLover Oct 2021 #6

Rhiannon12866

(205,467 posts)
3. Clear violation of the 14th Amendment, Section Three:
Tue Oct 26, 2021, 12:03 AM
Oct 2021
14th Amendment – Section Three

Section Three of the amendment, gave Congress the authority to bar public officials, who took an oath of allegiance to the U.S. Constitution, from holding office if they "engaged in insurrection or rebellion" against the Constitution. The intent was to prevent the president from allowing former leaders of the Confederacy to regain power within the U.S. government after securing a presidential pardon. It states that a two-thirds majority vote in Congress is required to allow public officials who had engaged in rebellion to regain the rights of American citizenship and hold government or military office.

It states that: "No person shall be a Senator or Representative in Congress, or elector of President and Vice-President, or hold any office, civil or military, under the United States, or under any state, who, having previously taken an oath, as a member of Congress, or as an officer of the United States, or as a member of any State legislature, or as an executive or judicial officer of any State, to support the Constitution of the United States, shall have engaged in insurrection or rebellion against the same, or given aid or comfort to the enemies thereof."

Rhiannon12866

(205,467 posts)
5. I didn't think of this myself, I got this from Mary Trump's new book - and it fits perfectly!
Tue Oct 26, 2021, 01:03 AM
Oct 2021

So why are these insurrectionists in Congress still there?? The violation looks quite blatant to me!

SheltieLover

(57,073 posts)
6. I really believe they are afraid to set precedents
Tue Oct 26, 2021, 02:45 AM
Oct 2021

Which is important, but if action is not taken, precedents might not matter much anymore.

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