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Section 1. 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.
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Thanks for that correction. But you're right in agreeing that it would never survive lawsuits claiming "cruel or unusual punishment". Not cruel, but most assuredly unusual.
It wouldn't matter anyway. The prisons are full. Some other solution will be needed and the President is taking the first step shoring up border control.
Let's hope so. I'm still skeptical, Bush has let us down on this issue too often. But this certainly sounds like a step in the right direction. We'll find out Monday night.