The 13th was actually legally passed!
Remember when the Southern states rejected the 14th and 15th amendments AND THEN the Radical Republicans said they were “out” and their democratically elected representatives were not legitimately seated? Yeah well.....the ratification of the 13th amendment by those very same representatives and states was deemed legit! So they’re legitimate when they vote the way we want them to vote but they’re not legitimate and can therefore be unseated and those states subjected to military occupation when they vote in a way that we don’t like. This is pure banana republic stuff.....yet that’s exactly what they did....as I said, even my Con Law professors were obviously embarrassed about it when I asked as a law student.
With occupation armies controlling the South, I don't believe any amendment can legally be passed.
The States and their reps became puppets of Washington DC.