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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.
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.
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. Amdt14.S1.1 Citizenship.
The Fourteenth Amendment prohibits states from depriving any person of life, liberty, or property without due process of law. The Supreme Court has held that this protection extends to all natural persons (i.e., human beings), regardless of race, color, or citizenship. 7 Footnote
Amendments to the Constitution. First Amendment Freedom of Religion, Speech, Press, Assembly, and Petition; Second Amendment Bearing and Keeping Arms; Third Amendment Quartering Soldiers; Fourth Amendment Search and Seizure; Fifth Amendment Grand Jury, Double Jeopardy, Self Incrimination, Due Process, Takings; Sixth Amendment
In th e wake of th e war, th e Congress submitted, and th e states ratified th e Th irteen th Amendment (making slavery illegal), th e Fourteen th Amendment (defining and granting broad rights of national citizenship), and th e Fifteen th Amendment (forbidding racial discrimination in elections).
Section 3 Disqualification from Holding Office. No person shall be a Senator or Representative in Congress, or elector of President and Vice-President, or hold any office, civil or military, under the United States, or under any State, who, having previously taken an oath, as a member of Congress, or as an officer of the United States, or as a ...
In the wake of the war, the Congress submitted, and the states ratified the Thirteenth Amendment (making slavery illegal), the Fourteenth Amendment (defining and granting broad rights of national citizenship), and the Fifteenth Amendment (forbidding racial discrimination in elections).
Ratified in the Civil War’s aftermath, Section 3 of the Fourteenth Amendment, which is sometimes referred to as the Insurrection Clause or Disqualification Clause, disqualifies any person from being a Senator, Representative, or elector of the President or Vice-President, or from holding any federal or state military or civil office, if that ...
Fourteenth Amendment, 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.