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Vermont dispatch: Proposal 2 would remove language of slavery, indentured servitude from state constitution

JURIST

Come November 8, Vermont residents will have the opportunity to amend their state constitution and abolish slavery and indentured servitude for good. To be clear, Vermont does not currently allow either in any form, but there is antiquated language in the state constitution that allows for certain exceptions.

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Here is an Excerpt From The Indispensable Right: Free Speech in an Age of Rage

JonathanTurley

That lack of proper foundation has left the right vulnerable to continual tradeoffs and contractions, particularly in what is now arguably the most dangerous anti-free speech period in our history. What possessed James Madison to draft the First Amendment in absolutist terms was likely a mix of the experiential and the philosophical.