Section 3. Disqualification as Officers or Electors of Persons Who Have Engaged in Insurrection or Rebellion; Removal of Disability | Statutes | Westlaw
USCA CONST Amend. XIV, § 3United States Code AnnotatedConstitution of the United States (Approx. 2 pages)
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Amendment XIV. Citizenship; Privileges and Immunities; Due Process; Equal Protection; Apportionment of Representation; Disqualification of Officers; Public Debt; Enforcement
U.S.C.A. Const. Amend. XIV, § 3
Section 3. Disqualification as Officers or Electors of Persons Who Have Engaged in Insurrection or Rebellion; Removal of Disability
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. But Congress may by a vote of two-thirds of each House, remove such disability.
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