Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution Considered one of the most consequential amendments, it addresses citizenship rights and equal protection under the law at all levels of government The Fourteenth Amendment was a response to issues affecting freed slaves following the American Civil War, and its enactment was bitterly contested
14th Amendment | U. S. Constitution | US Law - LII Legal Information . . . The Fourteenth Amendment addresses many aspects of citizenship and the rights of citizens The most commonly used -- and frequently litigated -- phrase in the amendment is "equal protection of the laws", which figures prominently in a wide variety of landmark cases, including Brown v Board of Education (racial discrimination), Roe v
Fourteenth Amendment | Resources - Constitution Annotated No State shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor shall any State deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws
Fourteenth Amendment - Encyclopedia Britannica What is the Fourteenth Amendment? The Fourteenth Amendment is an amendment to the United States Constitution that was adopted in 1868 It granted citizenship and equal civil and legal rights to “all persons born or naturalized in the United States ”
U. S. Senate: Landmark Legislation: The Fourteenth Amendment Landmark Legislation: 14th Amendment Passed by the Senate on June 8, 1866, and ratified two years later, on July 9, 1868, the Fourteenth Amendment granted citizenship to all persons "born or naturalized in the United States," including formerly enslaved people, and provided all citizens with “equal protection under the laws,” extending the provisions of the Bill of Rights to the states
Birthright Citizenship Under the U. S. Constitution On his first day in office, President Trump issued an executive order attempting to end the 14th Amendment’s guarantee of birthright citizenship State attorneys general, civil rights organizations, and immigrant rights groups soon filed lawsuits challenging the order in federal courts around the