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How did they proceed to get rid of the president? They passed a law they knew he’d violate. He violated it. They impeached him for it. I love those guys.
Tad StoermerHow badass were the Radical Republicans? When they strengthened their majority in the elections of 1866, they changed the date the next Congress would begin, moving it up NINE MONTHS, from December 1867 to March. Then they radicalized Reconstruction. Result? Ratification of the 14th amendment.