Congress can’t change the constitution, though, and the constitution expressly allows using prisoners as slaves.
Hell, DeSantis or Abbot would just see how many prisoners they would have to work to death to get it in front of the corrupt as fuck SC. I halfway hope they don’t try.
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Spoiler: They won’t
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Congress can’t change the constitution, though, and the constitution expressly allows using prisoners as slaves.
Hell, DeSantis or Abbot would just see how many prisoners they would have to work to death to get it in front of the corrupt as fuck SC. I halfway hope they don’t try.
Call your representatives people, tell them that you want it to end
Talk to people you know and get them to call their representatives
It will only happen with broad support and even then it will be an uphill battle
The existence and pervasiveness of prison slavery is one of the most infuriating things I learned about the US
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