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3. Every disqualification since the Civil War has had a conviction for a relevant crime
Tue Dec 19, 2023, 11:06 PM
Dec 2023

Proof of being a Confederate was sufficient for disqualification immediately following ratification of the 14th amendment, but since then, disqualification has required a relevant conviction.

There have only been two disqualifications in the past 100 years, and both followed convictions in a court of law.

Not disqualified: dozens of sitting congressmen who colluded and collaborated with Nazis, but were acquitted of seditious conspiracy charges.

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