The amendment says anyone who “engaged in insurrection or rebellion” against the Constitution after taking an oath to defend it is ineligible to hold office, and a long-shot effort to employ it is growing.
The amendment was instituted in the wake of the Civil War, and was used several times against members of the Confederacy who never had a trial or conviction.
The amendment was instituted in the wake of the Civil War, and was used several times against members of the Confederacy who never had a trial or conviction.
This, however, is not a time of war. The legal standards, therefore, might be different. 
It wasn’t a time of war after the Civil War ended, either.
My point is that a lot has changed since then regarding legal precedences and procedure.
You meant that when you said ‘this is not a time of war’?
I never would have guessed.