Jesse Jackson Raises Specter Of 14th Amendment Challenges In Pitch To Dems

By Sam Stein First Posted: 10-27-10 02:54 PM

 
 Hoping to motivate minority and Democratic base voters, Reverend Jesse Jackson has begun airing concerns that the Republican Party could challenge the 14th Amendment and even the Civil Rights Act should it take power in Congress. The civil rights icon told the Huffington Post on Tuesday evening that he has made a round of speeches and recorded several robocalls in an effort to drive up early voting turnout. Among the pitches are those focusing on some of the more memorable and eccentric GOP policy proclamations of the past few months.
     "In one of their positions, the 14th Amendment was being challenged, the Civil Rights bill of '64 was being challenged, they said their intent upon winning was to defeat the president," Jackson said. "They want to defeat the health bill which covers preexisting conditions and college students and all these overtures to overturn the Constitution are very threatening to ourselves."

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