Sen. John Kennedy, R-La., repeatedly suggested a leading Arab American activist is a Hamas supporter when she testified Tuesday at a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on hate crimes, and he told her she should hide her “head in a bag.”
The activist, Maya Berry, said repeatedly that she did not support Hamas and was “disappointed” by the minuteslong exchange toward the end of a hearing called “A Threat to Justice Everywhere: Stemming the Tide of Hate Crimes in America.”
We need to take away their congressional representation until they finally start following the post-civil war amendments.
150 years is enough.
Sadly the post-civil war amendments include a provision that allows prisoners to be used for unpaid labor.
From the text of the 13th amendment:
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.
Only argument is if the party has been “duly” convicted, which is a recurring issue we see with the US justice system.
Again, great.
First, they have to start following the amendment as written, and we can pass an amendment to outlaw involuntary servitude as punishment for crimes.
But that’s 1 clause from a ton of amendments they refuse to follow, in fact Mississippi STILL REFUSES to retify the 24th amendment, and has voted to reject it outright.
Until they sort their shit out, no representative for the fuckers.
Take a closer look at the 13th amendment. It’s not as awesome as you were taught in school.
It essentially legalizes slave labor in prisons. For everyone.
Technically it doesn’t legalize it, it just avoids the criminalization of it. This is significant because it makes it much easier to reform (which is how around half of states have reformed it at least a little), and this combined with the fact that most states lack significant reforms tells you a lot.
I think the text is pretty direct about permitting it. If it is listed as an exception to that which shall not exist, then it is explicitly allowed to exist.
It’s not a de-facto exception by omission, it is named as permissable within the text of the amendment.
Great!
Let’s update that as well!
And again, the south can get representation back as soon as they start following the constitution.
The constitution is a living document. Any parts found to be “problematic” were designed to be updated. Garbage like the 2nd amendment - especially- was meant to be updated. And the 13th…
