[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.

[DB]

It will always be “voluntary”.

But there will be severe consequences if you don’t “volunteer”...

[DB]

Income tax is voluntary.

You can choose not to work so you don’t have to pay them.

[metmom]

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.

[El Gato]

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.

[Califreak]

The crime will be dissent.

[DuncanWaring]

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.

[Gritty]