Brief for Thirteenth Amendment Scholars, United States v. Hatch as Amicus Curiae

Authors

Dawinder S. Sidhu, University of New Mexico - School of LawFollow

Document Type

Brief

Publication Date

1-1-2012

Abstract

Like the district court, we conclude that Congress has power under the Thirteenth Amendment to enact § 249(a)(1). Although the Thirteenth Amendment by its terms applies to slavery and involuntary servitude, Supreme Court precedent confirms Congress’s authority to legislate against slavery’s “badges and incidents” as well. In particular, the Supreme Court held in Jones v. Alfred H. Mayer Co., 392 U.S. 409 (1968)—a case permitting a federal private right of action against private individuals for housing discrimination—that Congress itself has power to determine those badges and incidents.

Publisher

In the United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit

Publication Title

Appeal from The United States District Court for The District of New Mexico

Volume

D.C. No. 1:10-CR-031045-BB-2

Issue

No. 12-2040

Recommended Citation

Dawinder S. Sidhu, Brief for Thirteenth Amendment Scholars, United States v. Hatch as Amicus Curiae, D.C. No. 1:10-CR-031045-BB-2 Appeal from The United States District Court for The District of New Mexico (2012).
Available at: https://digitalrepository.unm.edu/law_facultyscholarship/263

Comments

Co-author and signatory.