Resurrecting the 14th Amendment

[Warrior-Mentor]

AMENDMENT XIV
Passed by Congress June 13, 1866. Ratified July 9, 1868.
Note: Article I, section 2, of the Constitution was modified by section 2 of the 14th amendment.

Section 3.

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.

But Congress may by a vote of two-thirds of each House, remove such disability.

SOURCE:
http://www.archives.gov/exhibits/charters/constitution_amendments_11-27.html
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So what does it take for us to start enforcing our own laws?

[dirtyshirt]

Warrior-Mentor;

Excellent Post.

Even better question.

I guess when you have enough power to over ride the rules,or enough money to pay people off for breaking the rules,or enough high power friends to cover up your breaking of the rules,you can do what you want with impunity.


Rules only apply to the "little people".

[The Reaper]

Actually, that section was to keep former Confederates out of the Congress after the War and during Reconstruction.

TR

[BAX]

Nidal Hasan. Got it.

[Warrior-Mentor]

Actually, that section was to keep former Confederates out of the Congress after the War and during Reconstruction.

TR

Interesting you bring that up TR. It's something that Andrew McCarthy wrestled with when he tried the case against the Blind Sheik.

He wound up dusting off the Civil War Era charge of sedition...