Congressional (radical) Reconstruction continues: Republican (nationalist) President Grant—without a constitutional amendment— signs the Third Force Act (a.k.a. Ku Klux Klan Act), providing penalties for violations of the fraudulent 14th amendment.

       [restored 5/7/2022]

Subsequent Events:

10/17/1871                   3/29/1875                   3/1/1872                    3/3/1873                   4/14/1873

Authority:

“Law of the Jungle”
ccc-2point0.com/preface

References:

Calvin D. Linton, ed., The Bicentennial Almanac: 200 Years of America, 1776-1976, (Nashville, Tennessee: Thomas Nelson, 1975), 202.

Force Acts | United States [1870–1875] | Britannica
www.britannica.com/topic/Force-Acts

Ku Klux Klan Act – Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ku_Klux_Klan_Act

Current U.s. National Debt:

$36,167,124,467,492

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