"except as a punishment for crime..."See in text(Text of the Resolution and the Thirteenth Amendment)
The exception clause in section one provides the only conditions under which someone may be subjected to involuntary servitude: legal incarceration. This means that anyone duly convicted of a crime may be forced to labor against their will within a penal system.
"a proposition to amend..."See in text(Text of the Resolution and the Thirteenth Amendment)
Article V of the United States Constitution stipulates the conditions under which Congress can propose amendments to the Constitution: he proposed amendment must be confirmed by two-thirds of both houses of Congress and then ratified by the legislatures of three-fourths of the states.
