The 14th Amendment was designed to grant citizenship to and protect the civil liberties of people recently freed from slavery.
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Mar 6, 2024 · Passed by Congress June 13, 1866, and ratified July 9, 1868, the 14th Amendment extended liberties and rights granted by the Bill of Rights ...
The amendment authorized the government to punish states that abridged citizens' right to vote by proportionally reducing their representation in Congress. It ...
It was passed by Congress on June 13, 1866, and ratified on July 9, 1868. Special thanks to Kurt Lash from the University of Richmond School of Law for sharing ...
The Fourteenth Amendment (Amendment XIV) to the United States Constitution was adopted on July 9, 1868, as one of the Reconstruction Amendments.
The Fourteenth Amendment was ratified on July 9, 1868. The amendment granted citizenship to those born or naturalized in the United States and guaranteed ...
Jul 15, 2021 · A number of reasons, first, to give a constitutional basis to the post Civil War Civil Rights Acts, which were guided by the Supreme Court, and ...
Jun 13, 2023 · On June 13, 1866, the House approved a Senate-proposed version of the 14th Amendment, sending it to the states for ratification.
Nov 9, 2009 · The 14th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, ratified in 1868, granted citizenship to all persons born or naturalized in the United ...
Ratified in 1868, Congress and the courts have applied the 14th Amendment's Equal Protection Clause to many aspects of public life over the past 150 years.