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How the 14th Amendment prevents state legislatures from subverting popular presidential elections

  • Written by Eric Eisner, Ph.D. Student in History, Johns Hopkins University
imageThe text of the 14th Amendment was ratified in 1868.Hulton Archive via Getty Images

Donald Trump’s efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election not only failed, but some of them also rested on a misreading of the U.S. Constitution, as our new analysis argues. The relevant constitutional provision dates back to just after...

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