Remove the SLAVERY clause from the 13th. Amendment of the U​.​S. Constitution.

The Issue

  • Did you know that the  U.S. Constitution, the one document in which all U.S. law must abide, still has a **loophole which contains an exclusion clause that technically makes every person who is convicted of a crime a Slave of the State?
  • Considering the U.S. Consitution is the foundation of our legal & justice systems, can you think of a better example of codified, institutionalized systemic oppression than our own Constitution? 
  • Can you think of ANY reason why slavery should still be allowed as a punishment under any condition? 
  • Do you feel that NOW is the time to DEMAND that we finally ERADICATE the SLAVERY state from our official legal documents? 


If so, please sign this petition and share it with anyone you may know who is also against slavery, then contact your local and national political representatives and demand that the SLAVERY clause finally be removed from the constitution of the United States and ..

Change the 13th Amendment of the Constitution

  • To This:

Section 1. Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude shall exist within the United States or any place subject to their jurisdiction.

Section 2. Congress shall enforce this article by appropriate legislation.

 

  • From This:

Section 1. Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, **except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the United States, or any place subject to their jurisdiction.

Section 2. Congress shall have power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation.

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The Issue

  • Did you know that the  U.S. Constitution, the one document in which all U.S. law must abide, still has a **loophole which contains an exclusion clause that technically makes every person who is convicted of a crime a Slave of the State?
  • Considering the U.S. Consitution is the foundation of our legal & justice systems, can you think of a better example of codified, institutionalized systemic oppression than our own Constitution? 
  • Can you think of ANY reason why slavery should still be allowed as a punishment under any condition? 
  • Do you feel that NOW is the time to DEMAND that we finally ERADICATE the SLAVERY state from our official legal documents? 


If so, please sign this petition and share it with anyone you may know who is also against slavery, then contact your local and national political representatives and demand that the SLAVERY clause finally be removed from the constitution of the United States and ..

Change the 13th Amendment of the Constitution

  • To This:

Section 1. Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude shall exist within the United States or any place subject to their jurisdiction.

Section 2. Congress shall enforce this article by appropriate legislation.

 

  • From This:

Section 1. Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, **except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the United States, or any place subject to their jurisdiction.

Section 2. Congress shall have power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation.

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P.e.a.c.e. !nc.Petition StarterPurpose-driven startup located in the San Francisco Bay Area.

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