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To: wagglebee
I am well aware that the 14th Amendment has long been a thorn in the sides of libertarians

The 14th is a terrible amendment:

Section 4.
The validity of the public debt of the United States, authorized by law, including debts incurred for payment of pensions and bounties for services in suppressing insurrection or rebellion, shall not be questioned. But neither the United States nor any State shall assume or pay any debt or obligation incurred in aid of insurrection or rebellion against the United States, or any claim for the loss or emancipation of any slave; but all such debts, obligations and claims shall be held illegal and void.
And besides that little gem, there is the very dubious circumstances of its passageTHE UNCONSTITUTIONALITY OF THE 14th AMENDMENT.
129 posted on 06/04/2014 12:17:58 PM PDT by OneWingedShark (Q: Why am I here? A: To do Justly, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with my God.)
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To: OneWingedShark; trisham; Responsibility2nd; P-Marlowe; xzins
So, your belief that it is okay for the federal government to default on valid debt is the reason you want to repeal all of it?
136 posted on 06/04/2014 12:28:18 PM PDT by wagglebee ("A political party cannot be all things to all people." -- Ronald Reagan, 3/1/75)
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