Qasim Rashid, Esq. on Nostr: 1865: The 13th Amendment codifies prison slavery, so racists passed vagrancy laws to ...
1865: The 13th Amendment codifies prison slavery, so racists passed vagrancy laws to criminalize people on the street—forcing many formerly enslaved people back into prison slave labor.
2024: SCOTUS criminalizes homelessness, forcing people on the street into prison slave labor.
I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again — the U.S. Supreme Court has been the single biggest blockade to progress and justice in America. They’re proving it again this session.
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