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To: ExpatCanuck
The 14th amendment wasn't passed legally - LINK
10 posted on 08/21/2019 5:05:00 PM PDT by Sgt_Schultze (When your business model depends on slave labor, you're always going to need more slaves.)
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To: Sgt_Schultze

Interesting legal point in tht article, which, if widely understood, could be considered to apply today:

“In Mississippi v. President Andrew Johnson, (4 Wall. 475-502), where the suit sought to enjoin

the President of the United States from enforcing provisions of the Reconstruction Acts, the U.S. Supreme Court held that the President cannot be enjoined because for the Judicial Department of the government to attempt to enforced the performance of the duties by the President might be justly characterized, in the language of Chief Justice Marshall, as “an absurd and excessive extravagance.” The Court further said that if the Court granted the injunction against enforcement of the Reconstruction Acts, and if the President refused obedience, it is needless to observe that the Court is without power to enforce its process.”


30 posted on 08/21/2019 6:29:37 PM PDT by TBP (Progressives lack compassion and tolerance. Their self-aggrandizement is all that matters.)
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