Washington D.C. (WHTM) On January 31, 1865, the U.S. Congress passed the 13th Amendment to the Constitution, which ended ...

Congress passed the Thirteenth Amendment nearly 154 years ago — Jan. 31, 1865 to be exact — by a vote of 119-56. The Civil War would end later that year, but President Abraham Lincoln, compelled by ...

Congress shall have power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation. The Thirteenth Amendment was intended to complete the destruction of slavery begun by the U.S. government during the ...

Illinois State University's Student Government Association (SGA) held its last general assembly meeting of the semester this ...

Democrats in the House and Senate will introduce a joint resolution Wednesday aimed at amending the 13th Amendment. Resistance builds against social media ban in Texas prisons In April ...

(Her emphasis.) Judge Kollar-Kotelly cited the Thirteenth Amendment—yes, the ban on slavery—as one provision that “has received substantial attention among scholars” as a source of a right ...

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In a 17-page filing, Judge Harris says Vermont’s law, which was amended in 2015, violates the Thirteenth Amendment’s prohibition against indentured servitude. He says the law indirectly forces ...

On the federal level, the Thirteenth Amendment of the U.S. Constitution also has a penal exception clause. The resolution was referred to the Committee on Government Operations for further review.

Ranil Wickremesinghe appears to be using the promise of power-sharing as a political tool to secure himself in power.