“No person shall be a Senator or Representative in Congress, or elector of President and Vice-President, or hold any office, civil or military, under the United States, or under any State, who, having previously taken an oath, as a member of Congress, or as an officer of the United States, or as a member of any State legislature, or as an executive or judicial officer of any State, to support the Constitution of the United States, shall have engaged in insurrection or rebellion against the same, or given aid or comfort to the enemies thereof.”
Could someone please point out where the 5 things are listed? I have ADHD and I’m struggling with this article.
As you get into the meat of the article, it has five bolder headlines:
What does the clause say? When has it been used before? Who is talking about it? What are the arguments for and against? What happens next?