“And how is a draft not involuntary servitude?”
Because it is a Constitutionally required civic duty?
Freedom isn’t free.
The Constitution does not even mention the word draft. It is NOT a constitutional requirement for people to serve in the military. The Constitution DOES authorize Congress to raise armies, but makes no mention of using force to do so.
There is no way you can logically argue that a person forced under threat of violence to leave his home, take up arms, and risk his life is not subjected to involuntary servitude by definition.
Note that I am not talking about ones MORAL obligation to defend ones country. I am talking only about the contradiction between the draft and the 13th Amendment.Involuntary servitude has been legally defined as a condition of servitude in which the victim is forced to work for the defendant by the use or threat of physical restraint or physical injury or by the use or threat of coercion through law or the legal process.
I ask again, how is a military draft NOT involuntary servitude?