Amendment XIII was ratified in 1865. How was the military draft during the Vietnam war affected by this amendment? I'm trying to understand how it would come into play in the future. (I tried google, but I can't sift through enough of it to get a clear answer with the time & patience I have right now.....)
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Originally Posted by hambirg  It's can be argued that it's unconstitutional actually. Amendment XIII prohibits any type of involuntary servitude: Section 1. 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. http://www.law.cornell.edu/constitut...dmentxiii.html |