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 ...

Journal of American Ethnic History "The strength of Vorenberg's study lies in its detailed analysis of the limitations of wartime emancipation and the debate that ensued over an emancipation amendment ...

The 13th Amendment is regarded with suspicion by some Sinhala nationalists because they view any form of devolution as a form of federalism and in their minds federalism is equated to separatism ...

“The 13th Amendment is the amendment that is celebrated for having abolished slavery. However, what most people don’t know is ...

The High Court has raised a legal question regarding the hearing of the rule on the 15th Amendment, as a case concerning the ...

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Two of them are passed. The Thirteenth Amendment said the abortion ban would not limit freedom of travel from Ireland to other countries for a legal abortion. The Fourteenth Amendment said Irish ...

(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 ...