Talk:Amnesty Act

How should we cite the Cawthorn case?

Essentially, a district court judge has agreed with the argument the 1872 Amnesty Act is prospective in nature as well and has repealed Section 3 of the 14th Amendment. It is unclear whether there will be an appeal as of current.

(Please note I’m not looking to get into a legal or political argument here, just trying to help write an encyclopedia article.) 172.72.176.39 (talk) 18:38, 7 March 2022 (UTC)

Rext of act

this article should contain the text of the act as well as a description of what it means? 2601:204:E681:C8B0:D904:7D64:9DD1:D874 (talk) 12:26, 11 March 2022 (UTC)

Amnesty Act of 1898

Should this article also discuss the Amnesty Act of 1898 "which removed the disabilities of the approximately 750 remaining former Confederate officeholders who had been subject to Section 3 disqualification". See: https://www.nycbar.org/member-and-career-services/committees/reports-listing/reports/detail/disqualification-clause-history-and-recommendations-for-amendments

See also its text: https://govtrackus.s3.amazonaws.com/legislink/pdf/stat/30/STATUTE-30-Pg432b.pdf

FIFTY-FIFTH CONGRESS. SESS. II. 1898.

CHAP. 389.-An Act To remove the disability imposed by section three of the Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the disability imposed by section three of the Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States heretofore incurred is hereby removed.

Approved, June 6, 1898.

-- ToE 18:19, 14 January 2024 (UTC)