09/17/2024
In 2021 I sought to sue for myself and on behalf of a class composed of "descendants of ... Aboriginal, Indigenous, and African people who [were] in bo***ge" and are subjected to forced labor in prison with little-to-no pay. The prison-labor exception to the Thirteenth Amendment's prohibition of slavery violates the antislavery provision as well as the First, Fifth, Eighth, and Fourteenth Amendments. I asked for damages and declaratory and injunctive relief in the form of "strik[ing] the offending language" from the Thirteenth Amendment. I insisted that the existence of low-pay prison labor infringes upon his right to "exercise his faith" by "advocat[ing] on behalf of himself and all God's people to be free from slavery." See Williams v. United States, No. 22-3121 (7th Cir. Aug. 14, 2023) I can teach you what I learned and how the Court was incorrect in its decision.