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To: Behind the Blue Wall

Since everyone agrees that the 14th Amendment was written for the sole purpose of protecting the rights of freed slaves, the 14th Amendment should be repealed.

This would undo Roe v. Wade and a host of other wretched jurisprudence purportedly based on the 14th Amendment.


181 posted on 01/29/2016 1:19:25 PM PST by Arthur McGowan
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To: Arthur McGowan

The problem with trying to repeal the 14th Amendment is that its Citizenship Clause says “ALL PERSONS...” and not all persons formerly held in slavery or involuntary servitude.
The 13th Amendment, by way of contrast, is specific: “Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the United States, or any place subject to their jurisdiction.”

The landmark Supreme Court decision on citizenship under the 14th Amendment is U.S. v Wong Kim Ark (1898) and Wong Kim Ark was never a slave.


189 posted on 01/30/2016 10:21:25 AM PST by Nero Germanicus
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