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Bookmark or Share- 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.
- Equal Protection Clause - Definition, Examples, Cases - Legal DictionaryDefinition of Equal Protection Clause. Noun. A clause in the 14 th Amendment of the United States Constitution that prohibits states from denying “equal protection of the laws” to any person within its jurisdiction. Origin. Proposed in 1866; became effective in 1868.
- U.S. Constitution - Fourteenth Amendment | Resources | Constitution ...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 | Browse - Constitution AnnotatedNo 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.
- Equal Protection of The Laws :: Fourteenth Amendment -- Rights ...Equal Protection of The Laws. SECTION 1. All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and the State wherein they reside.
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