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Question: Was Hiram Revels qualified to become a Senator in 1870? (See post below)
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« on: April 21, 2006, 08:38:36 AM »
Yes he was.  The 14th Amemdment can be viewed as having a retroactive effect that is permissible under the definition of ex post facto made by Calder v. Bull.  Hence in 1868, the 14th Amendment made Hiram Revels a person who had been a citizen since his birth.
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