Supreme Betrayal
A requiem for Section 3 of the Fourteenth Amendment
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The only question is whether American citizens today can uphold that commitment.
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And that offers hope for American democracy
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Such a doctrine would be antithetical to the Framers’ intent, and to the text, fundamental design, and architecture of the Constitution.
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