I mean we're seeing it right now with abortion rights about to be abolished.
The United States styles itself as the beacon of freedom when the majority of their "rights" are just polite suggestions that can be easily rolled back any moment :agony-shivering:
That's not really in effect anymore anyway, both because it's superseded by the 13th amendment and because it only applied to slaves in rebelling states, which there aren't any of right now.
But he could instruct the DOJ to unconstitutionally ignore the 13th amendment and probably get away with it.
A Republican president could revoke the human rights of all PoC with a single executive order if they want to
And the supreme court would uphold it.
technically any president could revoke the emancipation proclamation at any time
I mean we're seeing it right now with abortion rights about to be abolished.
The United States styles itself as the beacon of freedom when the majority of their "rights" are just polite suggestions that can be easily rolled back any moment :agony-shivering:
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That's not really in effect anymore anyway, both because it's superseded by the 13th amendment and because it only applied to slaves in rebelling states, which there aren't any of right now.
But he could instruct the DOJ to unconstitutionally ignore the 13th amendment and probably get away with it.