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Supposing it never happens? Either because the ACW doesn't, or because the basic protections for blacks are written into the Thirteenth, but don't include many of those in OTL's Fourteenth.

So, no due process guarantee. No right to silence. No exclusionary rule or fruit of the poisonous tree doctrine. (That actually fits Canadian legal doctrine, FYI.:eek::eek:) No corporate personhood or corporate citizenship. Probably no Giglio, Kyles, or Connick, either.

What does the U.S. look like in this event? People compelled to testify in their own defense? Many, many more people in jail, falsely convicted? Much less corporate influence on politics? (It probably means Citizens United doesn't happen; it certainly means it'll be decided the other way, if it does.:cool::cool:)

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