{"id":25375,"date":"2026-09-15T13:54:44","date_gmt":"2026-09-15T17:54:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.merkley.senate.gov\/?p=25375"},"modified":"2026-09-15T13:56:18","modified_gmt":"2026-09-15T17:56:18","slug":"merkley-williams-booker-lead-push-to-close-constitutional-loophole-allowing-for-slavery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.merkley.senate.gov\/es\/merkley-williams-booker-lead-push-to-close-constitutional-loophole-allowing-for-slavery\/","title":{"rendered":"Merkley, Williams, Booker Lead Push to Close Constitutional Loophole Allowing for Slavery"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Washington, D.C. \u2013&nbsp;Oregon\u2019s U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley and U.S. Representative Nikema Williams (GA-05)&nbsp;today teamed up with New Jersey\u2019s U.S. Senator Cory Booker to reintroduce the <em>End the Exception Amendment. <\/em>The bicameral resolution would strike the \u2018Slavery Clause\u2019 of the 13<sup>el<\/sup> Amendment, a constitutional loophole that allows slavery \u201cas a punishment for crime\u201d in the United States.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p><strong>\u201cFor over 160 years, the 13<sup>el<\/sup>&nbsp;Amendment has sought to ensure our democratic republic lives up to the principles of equality and justice that America was founded on, but our work still remains to fully confront the horrific legacies of slavery and white supremacy,\u201d<\/strong>&nbsp;dijo Merkley.&nbsp;<strong>\u201cFor too long, the sinister Slavery Clause in our Constitution has denied the dream of a more perfect union, stripping millions of people\u2014particularly people of color\u2014of their most basic human rights and preventing true justice and equality for all. We must pass the&nbsp;<em>End the Exception Amendment&nbsp;<\/em>to eliminate the loophole that drove legal slavery long past passage of the 13<sup>el<\/sup>&nbsp;Amendment.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p><strong>\u201cSlavery was wrong from day one, and we should have abolished it when the 13<sup>el<\/sup> Amendment was ratified,\u201d<\/strong> said Williams. <strong>\u201cI will keep pushing, no matter how long it takes, for Congress to close the Slavery Loophole in the Constitution, finally ending slavery in America in every form, once and for all. It\u2019s been one hundred sixty years since we passed the 13<sup>el<\/sup> Amendment. We\u2019ve waited long enough. The time to pass the <em>End the Exception Amendment&nbsp;<\/em>is now.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p><strong>\u201cOver one hundred and sixty years after Congress passed the Thirteenth Amendment to abolish slavery and involuntary servitude, the law has failed to fully fulfill its promise of freedom for all. A loophole in the Thirteenth Amendment allows individuals to be sentenced to forced labor as \u2018punishment for a crime,\u2019\u201d<\/strong>&nbsp;dijo Booker. <strong>\u201cWe cannot claim to be a free country while allowing people to be enslaved\u2014it is a violation of our founding principles that continues to disproportionately impact Black Americans. It is time we eliminate slavery in every form and pass the <\/strong><strong><em>End the Exception Amendment<\/em><\/strong><strong> so we can live up to our country\u2019s foundational principles of liberty, justice, and equality for all.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>Inmediatamente despu\u00e9s de la ratificaci\u00f3n en 1865 de los 13<sup>el<\/sup> Amendment\u2014including the Slavery Clause\u2014Southern jurisdictions passed what became known as &#8220;Black Codes,\u201d laws that allowed the arrest of Black Americans in large numbers for minor crimes like loitering or vagrancy. The Slavery Clause was then used by sheriffs to lease out imprisoned Black individuals to work landowners\u2019 fields, which in some cases included the very same plantations where the prisoners had previously been enslaved. The practice grew in prevalence and scope to the point that, for example, by 1898, 73 percent of Alabama\u2019s state revenue came from renting out the forced labor of Black Americans. Throughout the Jim Crow era, the Slavery Clause continued to incentivize minor crime convictions and drove the over-incarceration of Black Americans on infamous prison plantations, like Parchman, in Mississippi, and Angola, in Louisiana.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>El <em>End the Exception Amendment<\/em> would finally correct this historic constitutional loophole and send a clear message: a ban on slavery cannot come with exceptions. While communities across the nation wait for federal action, nine states across the country\u2014including Oregon\u2014have banned slavery as a form of punishment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The bicameral resolution is cosponsored by U.S. Senators Richard Blumenthal (D\u2011CT), Tammy Duckworth (D\u2011IL), Dick Durbin (D\u2011IL), Mazie Hirono (D\u2011HI), Edward J. Markey (D\u2011MA), Alex Padilla (D\u2011CA), Chris Van Hollen (D\u2011MD), Raphael Warnock (D\u2011GA), Elizabeth Warren (D\u2011MA), Peter Welch (D\u2011VT), and Ron Wyden (D-OR), and U.S. Representatives Gabe Amo (RI-01), Nanette Barrag\u00e1n (CA-44), Joyce Beatty (OH-03), Ami Bera (CA-06), Donald S. Beyer Jr. (VA-08), Sanford Bishop Jr. (GA-02), Troy Carter (LA-02), Greg Casar (TX-35), Judy Chu (CA-28), Emanuel Cleaver II (MO-05), Bonnie Watson Coleman (NJ-12), Yvette D. Clarke (NY-09), Madeleine Dean (PA-04), Suzan DelBene (WA-01), Diana DeGette (CO-01), Chris Deluzio (PA-17), Mark DeSaulnier (CA-10), Maxine Dexter (OR-03), Maxwell Alejandro Frost (FL-10), Jes\u00fas \u201cChuy\u201d Garc\u00eda (IL-04), Steven Horsford (NV-04), Jared Huffman (CA-02), Jonathan L. Jackson (IL-01), Henry C. \u201cHank\u201d Johnson Jr. (GA-04), Sydney Kamlager\u2011Dove (CA-37), Robin Kelly (IL-02), Raja Krishnamoorthi (IL-08), Susie Lee (NV-03), Summer Lee (PA-12), Stephen Lynch (MA-08), Nydia M. Vel\u00e1zquez (NY-07), Jennifer McClellan (VA-04), Gwen Moore (WI-04), Seth Moulton (MA-06), Eleanor Holmes Norton (DC-AL), Ilhan Omar (MN-05), Jimmy Panetta (CA-19), Scott Peters (CA-50), Chellie Pingree (ME-01), Ayanna Pressley (MA-07), Mike Quigley (IL-05), Delia C. Ramirez (IL-03), Frederica S. Wilson (FL-24), Mary Gay Scanlon (PA-05), Jan Schakowsky (IL-09), Terri Sewell (AL-07), Lateefah Simon (CA-12), Melanie Stansbury (NM-01), Mark Takano (CA-39), Rashida Tlaib (MI-12), Lori Trahan (MA-03), Lauren Underwood (IL-14), Ted W. Lieu (CA-36), and Debbie Wasserman Schultz (FL-25).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Merkley, Williams, and Booker\u2019s <em>End the Exception Amendment<\/em> is supported by 90 organizations, including Worth Rises, Vera Institute of Justice, and American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU). A full list of supporting organizations can be found by clicking\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.merkley.senate.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/End-the-Exception-Amendment-Endorsing-Organizations.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">aqu\u00ed<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p><strong>\u201cSlavery is wrong under all circumstances. Yet more than 160 years after the Thirteenth Amendment was ratified, an exception still allows governments and corporations to exploit incarcerated people for their labor. Congress has a moral obligation to finish the work of abolition by passing the <em>End the Exception Amendment<\/em>. No slavery, no exceptions,\u201d<\/strong> said Celina Chapin, Chief&nbsp;Advocacy Officer, Worth Rises.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>Un resumen de una p\u00e1gina de la <em>End the Exception Amendment <\/em>Se puede encontrar haciendo clic <a href=\"https:\/\/www.merkley.senate.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/End-the-Exception-119th-One-Pager-FINAL.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">aqu\u00ed<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Texto completo de la <em>End the Exception Amendment <\/em>Se puede encontrar haciendo clic <a href=\"https:\/\/www.merkley.senate.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/End-the-Exception-Amendment.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">aqu\u00ed<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">###<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Washington, D.C. \u2013&nbsp;Oregon\u2019s U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley and U.S. Representative Nikema Williams (GA-05)&nbsp;today teamed up with New Jersey\u2019s U.S. Senator Cory Booker to reintroduce the End the Exception Amendment. 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