U.S. Constitution, Fourteenth Amendment

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:constitutional_law
gptkbp:adoptedBy 1868-07-09
gptkbp:appliesTo citizens
states
persons
former slaves
gptkbp:author gptkb:Joint_Committee_on_Reconstruction
gptkbp:basisFor gptkb:incorporation_doctrine
privacy rights
abortion rights
desegregation
equal protection jurisprudence
affirmative action cases
civil rights protections
same-sex marriage rights
voting rights cases
gptkbp:category gptkb:Civil_Rights
gptkb:United_States_federal_law
gptkb:Reconstruction_Era
gptkbp:contains gptkb:Due_Process_Clause
gptkb:Privileges_or_Immunities_Clause
gptkb:Equal_Protection_Clause
gptkb:Enforcement_Clause
gptkb:Citizenship_Clause
gptkbp:enables federal intervention in state affairs for civil rights
gptkbp:enforcedBy gptkb:United_States_Congress
federal courts
gptkbp:followedBy gptkb:Fifteenth_Amendment
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label U.S. Constitution, Fourteenth Amendment
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:Brown_v._Board_of_Education
gptkb:Roe_v._Wade
gptkb:Obergefell_v._Hodges
civil rights legislation
gptkbp:limitation state governments
gptkbp:partOf gptkb:United_States_Constitution
gptkbp:precededBy gptkb:Thirteenth_Amendment
gptkbp:prohibits states from abridging privileges or immunities of citizens
states from depriving any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law
states from denying any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws
gptkbp:purpose guarantee equal protection of the laws
grant citizenship to all persons born or naturalized in the United States
prohibit states from denying due process
gptkbp:ratifiedBy gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:Reconstruction_Amendments
gptkbp:section 5
gptkbp:textBegins 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.
gptkbp:usedIn Supreme Court decisions
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Grutter_v._Bollinger
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5