The context, though, was in response to the Confederates returning to the Union. They did not need convictions for this to apply (it’s not like they would try and convict every person that participated in the Civil War on the wrong side), so I don’t know why you think it would start applying now.
The context, though, was in response to the Confederates returning to the Union. They did not need convictions for this to apply (it’s not like they would try and convict every person that participated in the Civil War on the wrong side), so I don’t know why you think it would start applying now.
Yeah I think the historical context and straightforward language make the intent of section 3 pretty clear.
When they wrote the 2nd Amendment there were only muskets. I don’t know why we should start applying it to modern weapons. 😐
This but unironically