The Fourteenth Amendment (Amendment XIV) to the United States Constitution was adopted on July 9, 1868, as one of the Reconstruction Amendments. Section 3 of the Fourteenth Amendment prohibits former government officials from holding public office again if they have engaged in insurrection or rebellion.This provision was enacted under the Constitution in the wake of the Civil War to keep people out of office who had previously held federal office. Cicilline referenced Section 3 of the 14th Amendment, otherwise known as the "Insurrection Clause. Section 3 of the Fourteenth Amendment prohibits former government officials from holding public office again if they have engaged in insurrection or rebellion. The Legislative Branch. Cast your vote now for the 14 Amendment to be displayed first in the new Rubenstein Gallery. Had Davis left it out, Santa Clara County v.