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Congress and the Insurrection Act of 1807 during Reconstruction

The role of Congress in supplementing the Insurrection Act of 1807 with new statutes during the Reconstruction era to enforce the Fourteenth Amendment.

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How did Congress amend the Insurrection Act during Reconstruction, and what legislative language enabled federal enforcement of the 14th Amendment?

Congress did not rewrite the 1807 Insurrection Act wholesale during Reconstruction, but it supplemented the federal enforcement toolbox with new statutes—most notably the Enforcement Acts (including t...