Williams, Merkley, Booker Lead Push to Close Constitutional Loophole Allowing for Slavery

This press release from Representative Nikema Williams (D-GA) was published on 2026-09-15 and titled "Williams, Merkley, Booker Lead Push to Close Constitutional Loophole Allowing for Slavery".

Williams, Merkley, Booker Lead Push to Close Constitutional Loophole Allowing for Slavery

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Nikema Williams (GA-05) and U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley (OR) today teamed up with New Jersey’s U.S. Senator Cory Booker to reintroduce the End the Exception Amendment. The bicameral resolution would strike the ‘Slavery Clause’ of the 13th Amendment, a constitutional loophole that allows slavery “as a punishment for crime” in the [ ] The post Williams, Merkley, Booker Lead Push to Close Constitutional Loophole Allowing for Slavery appeared first on Nikema Williams .