Document Type
Response or Comment
Publication Date
2011
Publication Information
71 Md. L. Rev. 60 (2011-2012)
Abstract
This essay explores the proper scope of Congress’s power to enforce the Thirteenth Amendment’s prohibition on slavery and involuntary servitude. It reviews the historical context surrounding the drafting of the Thirteenth Amendment enforcement power, and it points to structural constitutional considerations relevant to the understanding of that power. It concludes by suggesting some related topics that deserve further exploration.
Recommended Citation
Jennifer M. McAward,
Congressional Authority to Interpret the Thirteenth Amendment: A Response to Professor Tsesis,
71 Md. L. Rev. 60 (2011-2012).
Available at:
https://scholarship.law.nd.edu/law_faculty_scholarship/522
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Comments
Reprinted with permission of Maryland Law Review.