[VanShuyten]

Yes, and the commas are there because it’s extra information, not the core of the sentence.

[rwgal]

Who would have thought when they wrote the Bill of Rights, that we were going to leave it up to an English teacher to interpret it..?

Meadow Muffin

[17th Miss Regt]

I like to apply this approach to the 13th Amendment as well. It is clear from the commas that in the 13th Amendment that both slavery and involuntary servitude were prohibited unless as a result of sentencing by a court. (Thus the courts retained the ability to imprison people for various offenses.) Becuase of the ‘and’ connective and the comma, it is also clear that the courts retained the ability to enslave people for various offenses. Isn’t a lack of understanding of grammar fun?