There was, allegedly (Lawyer -Speak), an original 13th (no superscript) Amendment, which banned lawyers from serving in the legislative or executive branches of Govt, and banned holders of titles of nobility,(Barrister is an English Title of Nobility) from same.
The issue in debate is not whether it existed, but whether it was ever ratified. It disappeared around the time of the Civil War from Textbooks on the Constitution.
http://users.frii.com/gosplow/13th.html
"TITLES OF NOBILITY" AND "HONOR"
In the winter of 1983, archival research expert David Dodge, and former Baltimore police investigator Tom Dunn, were searching for evidence of government corruption in public records stored in the Belfast Library on the coast of Maine.
By chance, they discovered the library's oldest authentic copy of the Constitution of the United States (printed in 1825). Both men were stunned to see this document included a 13th Amendment that no longer appears on current copies of the Constitution. Moreover, after studying the Amendment's language and historical context, they realized the principle intent of this "missing" 13th Amendment was to prohibit lawyers from serving in government..."
One of the Authors lived here in Albuquerque and I heard a presentation that was quite interesting.
"By chance, they discovered the library's oldest authentic copy of the Constitution of the United States (printed in 1825). Both men were stunned to see this document included a 13th Amendment that no longer appears on current copies of the Constitution. Moreover, after studying the Amendment's language and historical context, they realized the principle intent of this "missing" 13th Amendment was to prohibit lawyers from serving in government..."
As did many states, but apparently no one on FreeRepublic gives a damn. This should have everyone's attention....I guess it's time to start using the term "sheeple" once again.