#law
who knew that the first time they tried to pass the 14th Amendment, post-Civil War, that ALL of the southern states, save Tennessee, rejected it. Even a few northern state rejected it.
So the swamp thing decided to craft its Reconstruction legislation, designed to take over the South militarily, absolve their constitutional governments, divide it into districts, and force passing of the 14th Amendment as a condition of re-enfranchisement.
The Reconstruction Laws so reeked of a totalitarian takeover that all three were vetoed by then-President Johnson.
And Congress overrode all three vetoes.
Welcome to the New World Order... yer only about two centuries late.
read some of Johnson's statements on his veto of the first if you like:
https://teachingamericanhistory.org/document/veto-of-the-first-reconstruction-act/