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Judge rules CDOC, Gov. Jared Polis violated Colorado Constitution by forcing prisoners to work (www.denver7.com)
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[–] 52 points 8 months ago

HELL YEAH great ruling. Shitty that this even had to go to court in the first place, fucking assholes

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    [–] 19 points 8 months ago (2 children)

    Let’s all hope the US Supreme Court properly defers to the Colorado Supreme Court on questions of Colorado constitutional law.

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  • [–] 6 points 8 months ago

    Hahaha, I know weed is legal in Colorado, so I don’t have to ask what you’re smoking….

    You know full well the US dos not want to give up their free labor and the Prison Industrial Complex won’t get off that lucrative teat. They’ll claim National Supremacy or some shit like that to force prisoners to work. That’ll be the only part of the constitution they cares about.

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    • [–] 16 points 8 months ago

    Colorado voters passed this law ending involuntary labor as a form of state punishment in 2022. I think it's disgusting that that it has taken this long. Democracy shouldn't take that many years.

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    [–] 6 points 8 months ago

    Polis is such a strange politician. Some things he’s totally liberal about, then stuff like this. And sometimes he stands up to Trump, and sometimes he cowers in the corner. I cannot figure him out.

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