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12. If Alito and his ilk could get rid of the 14th amendment they would

Reply to uponit7771 (Reply #2)

Tue May 3, 2022, 11:08 AM

May 2022

Barret alluded to her belief that the 13th, 14th, and 15th amendments weren't "valid" because they were passed when some of the states were missing. If the reactionaries on the court could trash them outright they would.

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