Generations of Injustice Must Come to an End--Merkley, Booker, Williams Put Forth Legislation to Close Constitutional Loophole
June 15, 2023
June 15, 2023
WASHINGTON, June 15 -- Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Oregon, issued the following news release on June 14, 2023:
As Juneteenth approaches, Oregon's U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley, New Jersey's U.S. Senator Cory Booker, and U.S. Representative Nikema Williams (D-GA-05) teamed up to introduce the Abolition Amendment, a bicameral resolution which would strike the 'Slavery Clause' of the 13th Amendment, a constitutional loophole which allows slavery "as a punishment for crime . . .
As Juneteenth approaches, Oregon's U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley, New Jersey's U.S. Senator Cory Booker, and U.S. Representative Nikema Williams (D-GA-05) teamed up to introduce the Abolition Amendment, a bicameral resolution which would strike the 'Slavery Clause' of the 13th Amendment, a constitutional loophole which allows slavery "as a punishment for crime . . .