Posted on 10/19/2013 2:48:03 PM PDT by Kid Shelleen
“A lot of those other countries keep the incarceration numbers down through summary execution.”
As should we. Sex offenders used to be put to death for good reason.
"After all, Prohibition was the law of the land (under the 18th Amendment), and the politics of its widespread loss of respect for the law resulted in its repeal (21st Amendment).
The 21st Amendment did not totally end Prohibition. The individual states could then vote in local option for either being “wet” or “dry”. But the power was stripped from the Federal government to enforce prohibition anywhere.
How was that for repeal and replace?
Thanks for the facts.
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