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Month: May 2022

Federal appeals court says Civil War amnesty law doesn’t shield current officials from January 6 candidacy challenges

By Marshall Cohen, CNN A federal appeals court ruled Tuesday that a post-Civil War amnesty law doesn’t protect future insurrectionists, a legal victory for the liberal activists who have tried to disqualify Republican lawmakers based on their role in the January 6 attack on the US Capitol. The decision from the Fourth Circuit Court of

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