In Jones v. Alfred H. Mayer Company (1968), the Supreme Court invoked the ______________ Amendment in a decision upholding a provision of the Civil Rights Act of 1866.

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The Supreme Court invoked the Thirteenth Amendment, which abolished slavery and involuntary servitude, except as punishment for a crime. The Court held that the Civil Rights Act of 1866, which prohibits racial discrimination in the sale and rental of property, was a valid exercise of Congress's power under the Thirteenth Amendment to eliminate the badges and incidents of slavery.

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