The US has pardoned insurrectionists twice before – and both times, years of violent racism followed
It’s not yet clear whether Trump’s pardons will herald a period of national harmony – as past presidents hoped for – or more ...
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GARLINGTON: Tear out the 14th Amendment Tumor
Many of the federal Supreme Court’s worst rulings are justified by the 14th Amendment – everything from anchor ...
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The US has pardoned insurrectionists twice before – and both times, years of violent racism followed
President Andrew Johnson pardoning Rebels at the White ... Johnson also told Southern states not to ratify the 14th Amendment, whose purpose was to enshrine both citizenship and equal protection ...
Family Lore: Review of ‘Boutwell: Radical Republican and Champion of Democracy’ by Jeffrey Boutwell
As the purpose and meaning of the 14th Amendment are once again debated, it’s well worth learning more about one of its primary authors: George S. Boutwell.
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A Black transgender woman’s testimony helped ratify the 14th Amendment. Then conservatives began attacking her identity
Exactly one year after the end of the Civil War, on April 9, 1866, Congress overrode President Andrew Johnson’s ... weighing whether to ratify the 14th Amendment, and the combined horrors ...
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A Black transgender woman’s testimony helped ratify the 14th Amendment. Then conservatives began attacking her identity
‘Kill the last damned one:’ The Memphis Race Massacre Exactly one year after the end of the Civil War, on April 9, 1866, Congress overrode President Andrew Johnson’s veto to enact the nation ...
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Presidential ranking: Where Donald Trump stands among the worst presidents in US history
Andrew Johnson, National/Union ... Survived impeachment after encouraging opposition to the 14th Amendment, as well as other Reconstruction initiatives. 1. James Buchanan, Democratic (March ...
Trump unloads against political enemies in ‘law and order’ speech at Justice Department: Live
Canada and EU strike back at tariffs as trade war escalates - The European Commission and Canada have both issued retaliatory ...
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The Anti-D.E.I. Crusader Who Wants to Dismantle the Department of Education
Because one of the things the Trump administration has done is rolling back the affirmative action executive orders that go back to Lyndon Johnson ... the spirit of the 14th Amendment and the ...
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Hegseth Calls for 8 Percent Annual Defense Cut
The 14th Amendment to the Constitution supports birthright ... Mr. Trump also said he disagreed with historians’ assessment that Andrew Jackson and Abraham Lincoln, who was assassinated, were ...