• JeSuisUnHombre@lemm.ee
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    1 year ago

    Amendments are part of the constitution, that is the reason they exist, to amend the document. Hence this meme referencing the 13th

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      1 year ago

      The amendments aren’t like laws, there’s no punishments written in them however they’re directives to what the government can and can’t do. For example the 13th amendment restricts the use of slavery in US jurisdictions with the exception of punishment of crime.

      Like I said the only crime listed in the Constitution is treason, everything else is about how the government is supposed to run and what limitations it has.