MSNBC All In With Chris Hayes June 4, 2024 00:14:00
Have a listen. >> the simple argument about this is the 1872 amnesty act, relieved the disability under section three, to quote, all persons whomsoever. representative green is an all persons whomsoever. >> so he is saying that this 1872 law covers anyone for the rest of the time, what do you make of that line of reasoning? >> it is crazy sane in a word. but more specifically, there is no textual support in the language of that statute. there is no historical support, and historical record for the idea that congress intended not long after section three of the 14th amendment was enacted, to es...