04-18-2018, 04:19 PM
(04-18-2018, 04:06 PM)michaelsean Wrote: I believe technically we can use them as slaves. Unless something has been worked out since the 13th amendment.
Yes they retain some rights, but some are removed. This is one that's removed. We also don't let them own guns.
You are correct. Slavery and involuntary servitude are unconstitutional, except for punishment for a crime. This is one of the things that fuels the mass incarceration industry in the US. Enslaved citizens providing us with potatoes, making skimpy undies for our women, sorting our recycling, etc.
(04-18-2018, 04:14 PM)Yojimbo Wrote: Nobody should ever lose their rights protected by the Constitution, because the Constitution doesn’t grant those rights, we are born with them. They are unalienable rights that no man can or should take from you.
Interesting to note is that we do not have a positive right to vote from the constitution. The right to vote is protected from specific infringements, but as long as the states do not use these specific reasons to deny someone the right to vote they have free reign.
"A great democracy has got to be progressive, or it will soon cease to be either great or a democracy..." - TR
"The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little." - FDR
"The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little." - FDR
