Unlike most other parts of the Constitution ... as a limitation on government power in the United States, is not recognized under the Thirteenth Amendment. In the view of its congressional ...

The race was too early to call as of Wednesday afternoon, but current vote tallies show the amendment losing. “Neither ...

The day after the presidential election, I walked into my school building, and before I could enter my office, a student, who ...

Of the Civil War Amendments ... of Rights to the states as well as the national government. And finally, the Fourteenth Amendment introduced the ideal of equality to the Constitution for the ...

In response, Congress with near unanimity passed an amendment to the Constitution that ... mistakenly listed as “The Thirteenth Amendment” in the United States Statutes at Large, prompting ...

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"A well-researched, gracefully written account of the final emancipation of slaves in the United States, Final Freedom is a must ... and the debate that ensued over an emancipation amendment." Journal ...

LAS VEGAS, Nev. (FOX5) - The United States abolished slavery except as a punishment of a crime in 1865 with the ratification ...

It has been 159 years since the 13th Amendment was passed to end slavery. Yet, here in California, prisons are still ...