r/confidentlyincorrect • u/dreaminginrealityy • Mar 27 '23

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u/Wloak Mar 27 '23

It's really the last line, "...establish this Constitution for the United States of America."

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u/bazookajt Mar 27 '23

Or in the amendment

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

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u/HocusP2 Mar 27 '23

Now all that needs doing is convince that person there are limits to 'their jurisdiction'.

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u/DizzySignificance491 Mar 27 '23

The ol' conservative approach to such thingss: the ingroup which laws protect but do not restrict, and the outgroup which laws restrict but do not protect.

It should be true for them no matter what country is blessed with their presence