The 14th Amdt. was passed in the frenzy of Reconstruction,
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in some measure by political appointees of the Lincoln Admin who had replaced ousted legislators who had favored or voted for secession before the WBTS. The main motivation for the amendment was the fact that there was nothing in the Constitution that prevented a State from seceding from the Union.