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Citizens should abolish slavery from Tennessee's constitution once and for all | Opinion
The Tennessean via Yahoo News· 2 years agoDid you know slavery still exists under Tennessee law? When I ask most folks, their first response...
Lawmakers on Juneteenth push for change to 13th Amendment
The Hill via Yahoo News· 2 years agoMembers of Congress and others, pointing to the Juneteenth holiday, are pushing for the expansion of...
'Long overdue': Oregon voters can prohibit slavery, involuntary servitude in state constitution
Statesman Journal via Yahoo News· 2 years agoAfter near unanimous support in the Legislature sent Senate Joint Resolution 10 to the ballot,...
D.C. Judge Argues 13th Amendment Prohibiting Slavery May Provide Constitutional Right to Abortion
National Review via Yahoo News· 1 year agoFederal judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly proposed Monday that a constitutional right to abortion may be...
Opinion | What Alito Should Have Written
Politico via Yahoo News· 2 years agoHere’s what I wish Alito had written: In 1890, Louisiana passed a law that required “all railway companies carrying passengers in their coaches [to]...
Cameron Brown: The Constitution was a miracle, indeed
Sturgis Journal via Yahoo News· 2 years agoThere is little our Founders missed in crafting our nation's Constitution, notably its separation of...
The 13th Amendment's fatal flaw created modern-day convict slavery
The Conversation via Yahoo News· 2 years agoIn this rare photograph taken in 2000, prisoners at the Ferguson Unit in Texas are seen working in...
Prison reform is on the midterm ballot
The Week via Yahoo News· 2 years agoPrison labor. Illustrated | REUTERS, Getty Images The U.S. abolished slavery and involuntary servitude over 150 years ago. Still, a loophole in the...
America Is Captive to One Ridiculous Legal Theory That Dictates Our Lives. Here’s What We Can Do.
Slate via Yahoo News· 2 weeks agoThis is part of How Originalism Ate the Law, a Slate series about the legal theory that ruined...
Federal judge suggests abortion may still be protected by 13th Amendment
The Hill via Yahoo News· 1 year agoA federal judge this week suggested abortion could still be federally protected even after the...
