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Except there is over a century of precedent, and no court is going to overturn that now. The 13th amendment is not some new discovery that the courts are waitin
by TheSoftwareGuy 8y ago
Except there is over a century of precedent, and no court is going to overturn that now. The 13th amendment is not some new discovery that the courts are waiting for someone to make an argument based on
- RIMR 8y agoYou couldn't be more wrong. The supreme court could reinterpret this, and require forced labor to be a part of the sentence, not just allowed to be used against anyone in prison. Precedent changes over time. This idea that the current interpretation of the Constitution is immutable is defeatist and foolish.
- goobynight 8y agoThe supreme court could reinterpret anything. The trend at the moment is that they aren't interfering with past rulings and that's not about to change with the new addition.
- DenisM 8y agoRemember the recent gay marriage ruling? They re-interpreted centuries of tradition.