To: joygrace
13th Amendment
Section 1. Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude,
except as a punishment for crime where of the party shall
have been duly convicted, shall exist within the
United States, or any place subject to their jurisdiction.
112 posted on
03/14/2009 3:15:35 PM PDT by
just me
(Children should be educated and instructed in the principles of freedom. (John Adams)
To: just me
It will always be “voluntary”.
But there will be severe consequences if you don’t “volunteer”...
122 posted on
03/14/2009 3:21:17 PM PDT by
DB
To: just me
Income tax is voluntary.
You can choose not to work so you don’t have to pay them.
124 posted on
03/14/2009 3:25:32 PM PDT by
DB
To: just me; joygrace
Didn’t you hear? obama thinks that the Constitution is *fundamentally flawed*.
I’m guessing that this is only one of the areas he thinks needs revising.
128 posted on
03/14/2009 3:27:20 PM PDT by
metmom
(Welfare was never meant to be a career choice.)
To: just me
13th Amendment
Section 1. Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime where of the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the United States, or any place subject to their jurisdiction. We had a draft for decades, in peacetime even. The courts never struck that down, and not for lack of folks trying to get them to do so, especially during Vietnam.
484 posted on
03/14/2009 8:10:42 PM PDT by
El Gato
("The Second Amendment is the RESET button of the United States Constitution." -- Doug McKay)
To: just me
The crime will be dissent.
675 posted on
03/15/2009 12:56:49 AM PDT by
Califreak
(1/20/13-Sunrise in America)
To: just me
First Amendment:
Congress shall make no law ... abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press;
Didn’t seem to slow “Campaign Finance Reform” down a whole lot.
819 posted on
03/15/2009 9:07:51 AM PDT by
DuncanWaring
(The Lord uses the good ones; the bad ones use the Lord.)
954 posted on
03/15/2009 3:03:00 PM PDT by
Gritty
(In Obamaland where truth is dead, muscle power becomes the operative standard of speech-Doug Giles)
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