User blog comment:Rocket Engineer/On the U.S. Constitution/@comment-25330335-20170613012134/@comment-25330335-20170613132926

I didn't say the constitution was irrelevant, but that there are bits that aren't maybe so relevant anymore. With the duels thing, I was trying to show how guns just were in those days. Anymore, weapons are much more dangerous, and many are clearly designed to kill people, not animals. It's a public safety issue.

The vast majority of people in prisons do not receive a trial. Plain and simple. Also, what about solitary confinement? That is probably one of the cruelest things that happens in our prisons.

The prison system is supposed to fix people and help them get back into society in a constructive manner. Right now, all it does is make sure people stay there.