By Wanjiru Njoya
"The Reconstruction regime imposed upon the former Confederate states following the war was an overt attempt to further impose federal power there."
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24 sats \ 3 replies \ @Satosora 1 Oct
"To enforce this law, the president could suspend habeas corpus, deploy the US military, or use “other means, as he may deem necessary.”
This goes to show that even back then, there were power grabs.
So they could take away our rights in the name of "good".
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20 sats \ 2 replies \ @Undisciplined OP 1 Oct
I'm pretty sure people wrote about this sort of thing back in Greek and Roman times.
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21 sats \ 1 reply \ @Satosora 1 Oct
Wasnt Lincoln one of the presidents that wanted the people to have more freedom?
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @Undisciplined OP 1 Oct
No. He's the one who wanted to deport all the black people, suspended Habeus Corpus, imprisoned his political opponents, and waged an entirely preventable war against his own country.
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