Mark gets an A
He wrote passed by congress not when ratified by states
“He wrote passed by congress not when ratified by states”
Amendments don’t become law until they are ratified by 3/4 of the States.
Mark didn’t know the difference between a Congressional bill and a Constitutional Amendment, and obviously you don’t either.
So here’s an example for you:
The Congressional bill that contains the language of The Equal Rights Amendment was passed by Congress in 1972.
But that didn’t make it law. It’s still not an Amendment. It’s just a bunch of words passed by Congress. Because it wasn’t ratified by 3/4 of the States.
And that’s all that the 13th Amendment was until December 1865.