Voters in California and Nevada consider ban on forced labor aimed at protecting prisoners
Voters in California and Nevada consider ban on forced labor aimed at protecting prisoners
California and Nevada voters will decide in November if they want to ban forced prison labor by removing language from their state constitutions rooted in the legacy of chattel slavery.
California and Nevada finally contemplate an end to slavery
Looking forward to when GEO Group v. State of California reaches an outrageously corrupt SCOTUS.
GEO Group v. State of California
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Bet it gets veto. They just made homelessness illegal so they about to fill shit ton of for profit prisons.
Its a proposition so they cant veto it without another proposition.
It is sad that this will cause a legitimate argument about the constitution.
"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. "
Unfortunately I think you're right, the way the thirteenth amendment is written might make laws like this unconstitutional. What we really need is another amendment banning it entirely.
I see zero reason why this would make state laws about it unconstitutional. The constitution does not say it is mandatory for prison slave labor to exist, just that it could
The US constitution not prohibiting something doesn't mean a law or a state constitution can't
How?? The language just makes something illegal. It's not like the one that forced alcohol to be legal.
Honestly, we'd do better with an Article 5 constitution convention.
The constitution was never meant to be something that was interpreted from the lens of when it was written. The Framers specifically made a way for states to rewrite the Constitution to adopt with the changing times.
Edit: clarified my comment as it was a bit ambiguous
they enslaved people to move unknown bodies from “Negro Hill Cemetery?”? The fuck..?
While at it, ban profits from prisons.
That's good. Prison Labour is modern slavery
It's still legal to have punitive slavery. There is a carve out in the amendment. It is repugnant. We need a 28th amendment declaring an end to all slavery.
Bummer about that whole slavery loophole thing. USA is still a slave state, just with extra steps now
Yes, please.
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