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Rocky Mountain low: Colorado’s lawyer didn’t get it right before the Supreme Court

The Hill 09 Feb 2024
During the debates around the framing of Section 3 after the Civil War, Senator Reverdy Johnson, a constitutional lawyer and later attorney general, asked his colleagues “why haven’t you included the ...
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Do the rich want the court to ban Trump or not?

Alternet 05 Feb 2024
“During the congressional debates, Senator Reverdy Johnson of Maryland, a Democratic opponent of the 14th Amendment, challenged sponsors as to why Section 3 omitted the President.
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The Supreme Court’s Trump ruling could be the beginning of the end for our democracy

The Hill 05 Feb 2024
The U.S ... Constitution’s insurrection clause. More seriously, it could decide that Trump is ineligible to be president again even if he wins the November election ... 1 ... Reverdy Johnson asked why it didn't mention the offices of president and vice president.
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US historians sign brief to support Colorado’s removal of Trump from ballot

The Observer 28 Jan 2024
Senator Reverdy Johnson of Maryland, a Democratic opponent of the 14th amendment, challenged sponsors as to why section three omitted the president ... The historians also cited Andrew Johnson, in 1868 ...
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Looking Back: A Court Martial Ends Fitz John Porter’s Military Career in 1863

Union Leader 08 Jan 2024
During the campaign, Porter commanded V Corps, an important unit of Maj. Gen. George B. McClellan’s Army of the Potomac ... volunteers. As military analyst David L ... Gen ... Porter’s chief counsel was Reverdy Johnson, a famous defense attorney who was then a U.S.
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Donald Trump asks US supreme court to review Colorado ruling removing him from 2024 ballot

The Irish Times 03 Jan 2024
Separately, Donald Trump faces 91 criminal charges, 17 for election subversion ... Photograph ... READ MORE ... In one exchange, Reverdy Johnson, a Maryland senator, asked why the text of section three did not mention the presidency or vice-presidency.
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