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Slavery was enforced by the government prior to the 13th amendment. So no, its not a valid example of government increasing its power over the people, its an ex
by 50656E6973 7y ago
Slavery was enforced by the government prior to the 13th amendment. So no, its not a valid example of government increasing its power over the people, its an example of limiting its power.
That's the point of constitutional amendments: to limit the power of the government.
- gamblor956 7y agoSlavery was enforced by the government prior to the 13th amendment. So no, its not a valid example of government increasing its power over the people, its an example of limiting its power. The Bill of Rights was about limiting the power of the (federal) government, but subsequent Amendments have both increased and decreased the power of the government. In the North the government had outlawed slavery prior the Civil War. in the South, the Amendment promulgated Lincoln's wartime decree freeing the slaves. The Amendment limited the power of the states to enforce slavery and enshrined the power of the federal government to ban slavery. The 16th Amendment gave the government the power to levy an income tax. The 18th Amendment, i.e., Prohibition, gave the government the power to ban alcohol (until it was rescinded by the 21st Amendment).