[4CJ]

OK, now we've worked our way down to the 14th Amendment which, had you read the Constitution that far, you would know was ratified on July 9, 1868. Mary Surratt was hanged just over three years before that.

Meaning the federal government had YEARS in which to try Davis for treason before adoption.

[Non-Sequitur]

Meaning the federal government had YEARS in which to try Davis for treason before adoption.

Yes they did. But they didn't put him on trial, did they? But for example it's taken California 3 and a half years to start Robert Blake's trial. The wheels of justice grind slowly sometimes, and in the case of Jefferson Davis he should be glad that they do.