173
submitted 8 months ago by Rekhyt@beehaw.org to c/politics@beehaw.org
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[-] FfaerieOxide@kbin.social 14 points 8 months ago

an awful precedent would be set

The precedent was already set by the 40th United States Congress.

[-] HubertManne@kbin.social 3 points 8 months ago

how so? I see from your link that such an entity did exist.

[-] Skua@kbin.social 10 points 8 months ago

They passed the 14th amendment and used it to bar a number of senior Confederates from office after the civil war

[-] HubertManne@kbin.social 3 points 8 months ago

Thank you. I see it in section 3. I was vaguely aware something like that happened after the civil war but did not realize it was part of an amendment. Its blows my mind to think the republican party did all this back then.

[-] theforkofdamocles@beehaw.org 4 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

Ah, the old ‘60s/‘70s repub-demo switcharoo!

this post was submitted on 29 Dec 2023
173 points (100.0% liked)

Politics

10162 readers
86 users here now

In-depth political discussion from around the world; if it's a political happening, you can post it here.


Guidelines for submissions:

These guidelines will be enforced on a know-it-when-I-see-it basis.


Subcommunities on Beehaw:


This community's icon was made by Aaron Schneider, under the CC-BY-NC-SA 4.0 license.

founded 2 years ago
MODERATORS