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  2. List of United States court cases involving the Fourteenth ...

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    the United States Supreme Court ruled that marriage is a fundamental right guaranteed by the Fourteenth Amendment, and therefore must be afforded to same-sex couples. The ruling ensured that statewide bans on same-sex marriage could not be held up as constitutional. Students for Fair Admissions v. Harvard: 2023 600 U.S. 181

  3. Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution

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    The Fourteenth Amendment (Amendment XIV) to the United States Constitution was adopted on July 9, 1868, as one of the Reconstruction Amendments.Usually considered one of the most consequential amendments, it addresses citizenship rights and equal protection under the law and was proposed in response to issues related to formerly enslaved Americans following the American Civil War.

  4. Trump is trying to undo the 14th amendment. Historians are ...

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    The 14th Amendment was born from Black activism Following the Civil War, Congress passed three Constitutional amendments designed to promote racial justice. One abolished slavery.

  5. Equal Protection Clause - Wikipedia

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    The Fourteenth amendment was ratified by nervous Republicans in response to the rise of Black Codes. [15] This ratification was irregular in many ways. First, there were multiple states that rejected the Fourteenth Amendment, but when their new governments were created due to reconstruction, these new governments accepted the amendment. [16]

  6. How the modern Supreme Court might view the 14th Amendment ...

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    The court concluded, “To hold that the Fourteenth Amendment of the Constitution excludes from citizenship the children, born in the United States, of citizens or subjects of other countries ...

  7. What to know about the 14th Amendment and efforts to ... - AOL

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    The 14th Amendment, which was ratified after the Civil War, says US officials who take an oath to uphold the Constitution are disqualified from holding future office if they “engaged in ...

  8. The 14th Amendment: Understanding its crucial legal impact - AOL

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    Ratified in 1868, interpretations of the 14th Amendment have been key in extending a slew of legal protections including civil rights, same-sex marriage, abortion rights, and beyond. Here’s what ...

  9. Privileges or Immunities Clause - Wikipedia

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    The primary author of the Privileges or Immunities Clause was Congressman John Bingham of Ohio. The common historical view is that Bingham's primary inspiration, at least for his initial prototype of this Clause, was the Privileges and Immunities Clause in Article Four of the United States Constitution, [1] [2] which provided that "The Citizens of each State shall be entitled to all Privileges ...