A Federal District Court in North Carolina today granted Congressman Cawthorn's request for an injunction against a state election proceeding inquiring into whether Section Three of the Fourteenth Amendment applies to his candidacy. The Court held that the Amnesty Act of 1872 granted amnesty not only to many former Confederates, but any and all future insurrectionists, including anyone involved in the riot on January 6th.
This decision is erroneous and exceptionally broad. It will almost certainly be reversed on appeal.