Hard to believe our nation had the chance to stop it and didn't follow through.
Posted on 09/09/2022 10:39:28 AM PDT by lowbridge
After Biden took over, Democrat activist groups began a push to disqualify Republicans who had participated in the Jan 6 protests from elected office based on the 14th Amendment. Adopted after the Civil War, it's mostly notable for abolishing slavery. But Section 3 also banned anyone from holding elected office if they have "engaged in insurrection or rebellion” or “given aid or comfort to the enemies thereof." Aimed at Confederates, most would have considered this a dead letter, but the Left excels at digging up obscure legal fossils and making use of them.
The insurrection lawsuits have targeted members of congress, Senator Ron Johnson and local officials. But by defining anyone who questioned the 2020 presidential election results as an “insurrectionist” or having provided “aid and comfort”, the scope could be vastly larger.
A New York Times article lists "147 Republicans who voted to overturn election results". Lists like this are proliferating in time for the midterms and they are meant to be actionable.
The criminalization of the Republican Party achieved its first real win when a New Mexico judge removed Otero County Commissioner Couy Griffin from office over his role in the Capitol riot using Section 3. But there were more troubling developments earlier this year when the 4th Circuit ruled in a case involving the disqualification of Rep. Madison Cawthorn that the 1872 Amnesty Act did not nullify Section 3. A Georgia federal judge ruled similarly in a case involving an election challenge to another House member, though that case later collapsed.
The Section 3 campaign lost in Wisconsin, North Carolina, and Arizona, but it’s still alive.
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But the law matters less than the agenda. Some of these efforts have run into legal roadblocks, but they have also seen some success in using Section 3 to
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Wake up people - this is a real civil war.
Anybody that doesn’t capitulate to the DNC has a target on their back.
“the Left excels at digging up obscure legal fossils and making use of them.”
Straight out of Alinsky’s Rules for Radicals!
Rule #4: “Make the enemy live up to its own book of rules.”
Are they working on tracking down all the Trump voters yet?
No it’s not a civil war. It’s a communist take over.
I had always thought , and hoped, that Trump could find a way to do away with tbe wretched nest of traitors and liars, known as the Democrat Party .
Yet he left his enemies, our enemies, in tact, standing upon the field.
His major mistake. He should have shown no quarter.
Just start shopping Trump judges with the comments Democrats made supporting BLM.
Have fun with it.
The Republicowards can do something about this or cease to exist.
Griffin should be reinstated and the judge impeached for abuse of power.
IMHO
Yes
“...14th Amendment. Adopted after the Civil War, it’s mostly notable for abolishing slavery.”
Outlaw Kevin McCarthy and Mitch? They already serve the DNC and give the illusion of choice.
shopping?
We are constantly told not to “take the bait.”
When does it stop being “bait?” When it’s too late?
Good thing the European Jews didn’t take the bait when they were being loaded onto boxcars. /sarc
BidenIdiot attempting to follow ZelenskyyIdiot’s playbook of banning all opposition parties?
Don’t ever doubt it!
Name the most famous man you can who has infringed the Bill of Rights.
Overturn? No, a NYT lie. Truthfully written it would read "147 Republicans who voted to correct election results".
Name the most powerful current senator you can who has infringed the Bill of Rights.
The party of Romney and Liz Cheney?
Hard to believe our nation had the chance to stop it and didn't follow through.
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