
Private: Through A Glass Darkly: The Supreme Court, …
Sep 16, 2011 · Constitution Week Symposium, Fifteenth Amendment, Fourteenth Amendment, Reconstruction Amendments, Thirteenth Amendment This post is part of an ACSblog …
The Federal Government Shutdown is a Thirteenth Amendment …
January 23, 2019 The Federal Government Shutdown is a Thirteenth Amendment Problem Ruben Garcia Professor of Law and Co-Director of the Workplace Law Program, University of Nevada …
Congress Legislated Under the Thirteenth Amendment Long Ago …
Dec 3, 2020 · Legislation under Congress’s Thirteenth Amendment powers that explicitly combats discrimination rooted in slavery is an appropriate and major step in that direction. The …
Reclaiming the Abolition Amendments - ACS
Feb 6, 2023 · The Meaning of the Abolition Amendments For the freedmen and their abolitionist allies, the Thirteenth Amendment’s prohibition of slavery meant not merely to eradicate the …
Frederick Douglass Was My Founding Father - ACS
Feb 14, 2023 · Douglass’ theory of the Constitution was most readily reflected in the language and text of the Fourteenth Amendment, which famously extended the equal protection of the …
Equal Rights Amendment - ACS
The American Constitution Society advocates for the Equal Rights Amendment (“ERA”) to be recognized as the 28th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. We provide programming and …
"13th" Screening: Part 2 - ACS
Feb 3, 2025 · Join ACS for part two of a two part screening of "13th". "13th" is a documentary directed by Ava DuVernay that discusses the American prison-industrial complex and the …
The Trump Administration Thinks It is Immune to Regulation of …
Oct 16, 2020 · Labor activists in the 19 th and 20 th centuries invoked the 13th Amendment when they advocated for regulations that would protect their right to organize, establish minimum …
The First Amendment in Flux - ACS
The First Amendment in Flux September 2025 “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of …
13th, the title of Ava DuVernay’s extraordinary documentary refers to the 13th Amendment to the Constitution, which reads “Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment …