Subj : Re: ACLJ
To   : Mike Powell
From : Ron L.
Date : Fri Jan 05 2024 08:05:32

-=> Mike Powell wrote to Dr. What <=-

 MP> Not sure about the unconsitutional part.  In its early days, the 14th
 MP> was used without court actions or trial.  It was applied with a blanket
 MP> to pretty much anyone holding any elected office in a state that had
 MP> left the Union. They were removed from office and, until the
 MP> mid-1870's, were covered by the "cannot hold office again" bit without
 MP> court action or conviction of any kind.

But the purpose of it was to keep the Rebels out of the gov't so that they
wouldn't try to subvert the work needed to repair the union.

I would argue that if a person worked for the Conferacy, that's proof that he
participated in insurrection.  So I can see where a trial would be needed.  The
person, in effect, admitted his crime.

They usually don't have trials when the person freely admits his guilt.

 MP> I agree, but I don't think any politicians, including Trump, are immune
 MP> to the temptation to do so.

The temptation is one thing.  The act is another.  Most good people practice
restraint.  The Elitists just do whatever they want and we have to do the work
through the courts to smack them back down.


.... Hell hath no fury like the lawyer of woman scorned!
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