Between abortion and Trump, the 14th Amendment has become the Left’s Swiss Army Knife

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A century and a half ago, the United States ratified the 14th Amendment to the Constitution, which ensured that formerly enslaved people were granted equal rights and citizenship while disqualifying unrepentant Confederates from government offices. This was in response to the horrors of 10 million would-be Americans enslaved and up to 1 million Americans dead as a result of the Civil War. Naturally, the progressive legal movement has decided to pervert this legal landmark in its ceaseless war against Donald Trump.

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