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The person that wrote that is like 31 years old last week
and
"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."
old habits et cetera
What if we just make being black, like, illegal, and then we can arrest all black people and force them to work in farm fields...
Wait. This seems familiar.
If you run out of blacks to arrest, you can just go get more from Africa.
Why aren't drafts unconstitutional then? A draft for farming would be infinitely more valuable than a draft for murder.
Pretty much because the constitution has always been more of a vibe than a binding set of legal principles.
That said I think a carrot would work better than a stick here. Something like what we do to encourage military service - healthcare and college money!