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"The Thirteenth Amendment which is ostensibly about slavery would seem to ban prison labor outside of prisons." That seems like quite a stretch and isn't reall
by bugsy 16y ago
"The Thirteenth Amendment which is ostensibly about slavery would seem to ban prison labor outside of prisons."
That seems like quite a stretch and isn't really consistent with the language.
- ugh 16y agoIt seems like at least some law professors agree with you but courts have generally decided otherwise: http://prisonlaw.wordpress.com/2010/12/16/a-different-take-on-prison-labor-and-the-thirteenth-amendment/ http://prisonlaw.wordpress.com/2010/12/16/a-different-take-o...
- natabbotts 16y agoThat article starts with a reference to an earlier blog post which seems to be more in line with what you are saying. Perhaps in future you could read the articles you link to and include the relevant information? A link is not an argument in itself.
- ugh 16y agoI already linked to and extensively quoted the other article this article links to a few levels higher up ;-)