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Are you arguing that the 13th amendment was a positive right addition to government responsibilities? If so, the main issue with slavery was that it was legal,
by conanbatt 7y ago
Are you arguing that the 13th amendment was a positive right addition to government responsibilities?
If so, the main issue with slavery was that it was legal, not that it was rampant.
- zzzeek 7y agoI'm arguing that changing the Constitution is not always a bad thing.
- conanbatt 7y agoI think the example is backwards, because the 13th amendment restricted the government, not the people.
- zzzeek 7y agoparent poster said "change the constitution", as though the original document represented perfection, when it clearly did not. they should have provided more specifics if they meant something more specific.
- winston_smith 7y agoOP said "change the constitution and give the govt more power". It's clear that OP's point is to oppose things that erode freedom, not that the constitution represents perfection.
- gamblor956 7y agoThis is the text of the 13th Amendment: Section 1. Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the United States, or any place subject to their jurisdiction. Section 2. Congress shall have power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation. Clearly gives the government power to ban slavery. It does not enshrine any rights in citizens, and indeed notes that involuntary servitude may still be imposed as criminal sanction.
- conanbatt 7y agoThe power to ban the legalization of slavery: it is eliminated a right from government to enforce a law. Its not banning the practice of slavery but the promise of legally enforcing them.
- SamReidHughes 7y agoIt does restrict people from selling themselves into slavery.