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Section I of the Thirteenth Amendment reads: “Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly
by Jerrrry 4y ago
Section I of the Thirteenth Amendment reads: “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.”
- bloppe 4y agoYou heard it here first: all regulations are slavery!
- s1artibartfast 4y agoThere is a difference between regulations and compelled action. The government make your ability to do X conditional on you also doing Y, but it generally can't just make you do Y. The exceptions are actually quite few outside of conscription, eminent domain sales, wartime powers.
- jrockway 4y agoThat sounds right to me. The government has tremendous powers. Forcing people to write computer programs isn't one of them. (They could have saved a lot of money on healthcare.gov if they had that power!)
- concordDance 4y agoHow does conscription fit into that picture?
- whatshisface 4y agoIt fits in if 5 out of 9 supreme court justices want there to be a draft.