Though it was ultimately passed, Section 3 was sparsely applied and, as Magliocca put it, “quickly neutered” by Congress just four years later. In 1872, Magliocca wrote, President Ulysses S.

Section 3 was primarily used in the time between its ratification and the enactment of the Amnesty Act in 1872, when Congress ... grounds and sentenced to 14 days in prison. Griffin received ...

The judges wrote that Trump can't appear on the ballot because of Section 3 of the 14th Amendment ... in the aftermath of the Civil War and the 1872 enactment of the Amnesty Act, according to ...