Merkley, Williams Joint Statement on Momentum for Abolition Amendment Ahead of Juneteenth
June 18, 2024
June 18, 2024
WASHINGTON, June 18 -- Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Oregon, issued the following news release:
Oregon's U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley and U.S. Representative Nikema Williams (D-GA-05) today issued the following statement to mark Juneteenth and the recent progress for their Abolition Amendment--a bipartisan, bicameral resolution that would strike the 'Slavery Clause' of the 13th Amendment, a constitutional loophole which allows slavery "as a punishment for crime" in the United States:< . . .
Oregon's U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley and U.S. Representative Nikema Williams (D-GA-05) today issued the following statement to mark Juneteenth and the recent progress for their Abolition Amendment--a bipartisan, bicameral resolution that would strike the 'Slavery Clause' of the 13th Amendment, a constitutional loophole which allows slavery "as a punishment for crime" in the United States:< . . .