A group of Democratic lawmakers has reintroduced a joint resolution to negate a clause in the 13th Amendment of the Constitution that permits slavery or involuntary servitude “as a punishment ...

Washington D.C. (WHTM) On January 31, 1865, the U.S. Congress passed the 13th Amendment to the Constitution, which ended slavery in the United States, and sent it to states for ratification.

Opinion: 13th Amendment has been cited to address what we consider modern forms of slavery, i.e., sex trafficking, bondage or aggravated kidnapping.

During the last Senate Meeting, you heard UDP Senator Sheena Pitts sound the alarm on the 13th amendment. One of the things it seeks to do is to make it easier for the government to declare SOE's. But ...

In the wake of the Civil War, three amendments were added to the U.S. Constitution. The Thirteenth Amendment abolished slavery (1865), the Fourteenth Amendment made freed slaves citizens of the ...

This week marks the 160th anniversary of the passage of the 13th Amendment. Congress , dominated by free state Republicans after the secession of slaveholding states, worked for 18 months to ...

The story of the Constitution and abortion could yet have another chapter, or amendment. That possibility snapped into focus via a federal district judge’s order for briefing on whether a ...

Even the United States Constitution is not immune to edits. The document has had plenty of amendments over the years, some granting important rights.

D.C. District Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly, a Clinton appointee, on Monday suggested that the 13th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution protects the right to abortion.

Washington D.C. (WHTM) On January 31, 1865, the U.S. Congress passed the 13th Amendment to the Constitution, which ended slavery in the United States, and sent it to states for ratification. The am… ...