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[-] FfaerieOxide@kbin.social 13 points 10 months ago

an awful precedent would be set

The precedent was already set by the 40th United States Congress.

[-] HubertManne@kbin.social 3 points 10 months ago

how so? I see from your link that such an entity did exist.

[-] Skua@kbin.social 9 points 10 months ago

They passed the 14th amendment and used it to bar a number of senior Confederates from office after the civil war

[-] HubertManne@kbin.social 3 points 10 months ago

Thank you. I see it in section 3. I was vaguely aware something like that happened after the civil war but did not realize it was part of an amendment. Its blows my mind to think the republican party did all this back then.

[-] theforkofdamocles@beehaw.org 3 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Ah, the old ‘60s/‘70s repub-demo switcharoo!

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