I’ve done a lot of research on this one, and it is complicated, so stay with me on it. First of all, the 14th is the longest of all the Amendments, and as far as I am concerned, possibly the most destructive, as far as it has helped to destroy America. Two Sections especially are a disaster. Section One says that anyone born here, is automatically a US citizen, and in Section Four, it says that the validity of the public debt of the United States, authorized by law….shall not be questioned. Virtually none of the public debt has been authorized by law! When pregnant Mexican illegals come here to have their babies, which become automatic citizens, Section One has proven to be a disaster. Section One, basically eliminates the Tenth Amendment, by stating that no state shall make any law, basically, which contradicts federal laws. This gives the D.C. Gang the technical right and ability to make all states subservient to D.C. Section Three is so convoluted, that no one seems to know what it means. Section Five sums it all up by saying that D.C. has authority over all states and all legislation which may be passed by the states. Bad Amendment, and it was never ratified legally.
Suppose you were one of the Southern States which had seceded, you were brought back into the Union, and after being officially bought back on April 2, 1866, your representatives were denied the right to vote? Not totally, but denied the right to vote at certain times, when such a vote would not agree with what the victorious North wanted? That’s exactly what happened when the 14th Amendment came to a vote. There were 36 states in the Union when the 14th Amendment was (not) passed. This means that 27 states had to ratify the Amendment. Texas rejected it on October 27, 1866. Georgia rejected it on November 9, 1866. Florida rejected it on December 6, 1886. Alabama rejected it on December 7, 1866. North Carolina rejected it on December 14, 1866. Arkansas rejected it on December 17, 1866. Kentucky rejected it on January 8, 1867. Virginia rejected it on January 9, 1867. Louisiana rejected it on February 6, 1867. Delaware rejected it on February 7, 1867. Maryland rejected it on March 23, 1867. Mississippi rejected it on January 31, 1867. Ohio rejected it on January 16, 1867. New Jersey rejected it on March 24, 1867.
Their respective Senators and Representatives were prohibited from voting their state’s rejection, so it ’passed,’ was vetoed by President Andrew Johnson, and his veto was over-ridden. It does no good to say that the states were never actually re-admitted into the Union, because not only were they re-admitted, but their votes were counted when the 13th Amendment (anti slavery) was passed earlier. Yes, the South did vote to eliminate slavery. They were not counted for the 14th Amendment. Fifteen of the 36 states then in the Union, rejected the Amendment, but the 15 states were denied their votes, so it was fraudulently added to the Constitution, and the Supreme Court, later upheld the fraud, as they did the also unconstitutionally non-ratified 16th Amendment, which gave us the IRS.
Not only was the 14th Amendment not ratified Constitutionally, but also the three “Reconstruction Acts” were also ’passed’ the same way. Those acts required federal troops to occupy the Southern States, and rule over them, even though each state had its own legislature, duly voted upon, and in session. This allowed the carpetbaggers and scalawags to invade the South, and execute hideous outrages to its citizens, similar to the utter destruction the Yankees did to the South before the War was over. The total destruction, rape, arson, and pillage that occurred at the hands of Yankee soldiers was unbelievable, and accounts of it will make one sick at one’s stomach. The book, “The Real Lincoln,” which I highly recommend, details that virtual extermination of the South.
The 14th Amendment, basically has thrown us at the mercy of Washington D.C. and its Senators and Congressmen, who think it is their lawful right to rule America, take it to war, and destroy its currency and stability. The 14th Amendment, is a radical departure from the Founder’s intent, when they wrote and voted for the Constitution. The original concept of a federal government, was that the individual states were supreme (10th Amendment), and the individual states ran themselves, as their legislatures and voters chose. Arizona and 21 other states, currently are bucking the Democrat health outrage, citing the 10th Amendment. The 14th Amendment, replaces the original Constitutional Republic, with a huge, out of control, corrupt, central government. The same central government, which has ignored the states rights the Founders wrote and intended. Despotism, is the inevitable consequence of a huge, all powerful, central government…with which America is now saddled. This morning, that government has decided to fine big banks huge sums, “because they caused the crash.” They didn’t cause it. The Congress caused it, and the Federal Reserve caused it. The banks only sold what the government and Fed caused.
The illegal, un-ratified, 14th Amendment, has seemingly allowed a monster central government to have authority over, review, and stop, any action or law, which the individual states may legislate. This gargantuan, D.C. behemoth of 535 morons, now is controlling the actions of the individual states, and citizens, which is a malevolent, total violation of the original Constitution and intent of the Founders, and a majority of the current citizenry. Tom Jefferson, when he wrote the Declaration of Independence, protested to Mother England in the name of a United States…of America, not a huge, central government. In that Declaration, he detailed just about every single thing which is going on in America right now. England had a huge central government, and the Founders wanted no part of that. The independent, strong, vibrant, individual states, existed long before Washington D.C., with its destructive Congress. Washington D.C. didn’t even exist in 1776. The Constitution wasn’t ratified for more than a decade after the Declaration of Independence was written and approved. The Original Constitution had the 10th Amendment, not the 14th. Tea Party anyone? Protect yourself.