Their Federal lawsuit against the reform judges asserts a “property” interest in the peonage of the poor. I thought that sort of “property” was banned by the Thirteenth Amendment.

The Federal judge should throw this suit out on Eighth (“excessive fines”), Thirteenth, and Fourteenth Amendment grounds. But I would like him to encourage
“The Justice Network” to sue the politicians and judges who signed this deal *personally* for “fraud”– taking TJN’s money for a blatantly unConstitutional “consideration.” Soak them for damages, punitive damages, and accumulated “costs.” Let these cruel and evil men spend the rest of their own lives rotating between homeless shelters and debtors’ prison.

Not sure that even the former has plausibility. The company has no right to the use of the criminal enforcement machinery.

If I’m reading the article from The Marshall Project correctly, both.

Let that sink in.