14th Amendment | U. S. Constitution | US Law - LII Legal Information . . . 14th Amendment 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
Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution The Fourteenth Amendment (Amendment XIV) to the United States Constitution was adopted on July 9, 1868, as one of the Reconstruction Amendments Considered one of the most consequential amendments, it addresses citizenship rights and equal protection under the law at all levels of government
14th Amendment to the U. S. Constitution: Civil Rights (1868) Following the Civil War, Congress submitted to the states three amendments as part of its Reconstruction program to guarantee equal civil and legal rights to Black citizens A major provision of the 14th Amendment was to grant citizenship to “All persons born or naturalized in the United States,” thereby granting citizenship to formerly enslaved people Another equally important provision
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14th Amendment to the United States Constitution The Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution is one of the three Reconstruction Amendments introduced after the Civil War It was ratified and adopted on July 9th, 1868
The 14th Amendment of the U. S. Constitution - The National Constitution . . . SECTION 1 All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside 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
The Right to Interstate Travel Under the Fourteenth Amendment The Fourteenth Amendment also addresses privileges and immunities, along with its guarantees of due process of law and equal protection under the law Essentially, the Supreme Court views the right to travel as essential to the “united” part of the United States