U.S. Constitution Amendment XIV
GPTKB entity
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| gptkbp:instanceOf |
gptkb:constitutional_law
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| gptkbp:addressedTo |
gptkb:citizenship
gptkb:government gptkb:knowledge_representation due process equal protection disqualification from office |
| gptkbp:adoptedBy |
1868-07-09
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| gptkbp:appliesTo |
states
all persons within U.S. jurisdiction |
| gptkbp:enforcedBy |
gptkb:United_States_Congress
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| gptkbp:historicalName |
gptkb:Reconstruction_Era
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| https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label |
U.S. Constitution Amendment XIV
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| gptkbp:influenced |
civil rights legislation
Supreme Court jurisprudence |
| gptkbp:nickname |
gptkb:Reconstruction_Amendment
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| gptkbp:notable_for |
gptkb:Due_Process_Clause
gptkb:Equal_Protection_Clause gptkb:Citizenship_Clause |
| gptkbp:notableCase |
gptkb:Brown_v._Board_of_Education
gptkb:Plessy_v._Ferguson gptkb:Roe_v._Wade gptkb:Obergefell_v._Hodges gptkb:Loving_v._Virginia gptkb:Bush_v._Gore |
| gptkbp:number |
14
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| gptkbp:partOf |
gptkb:United_States_Constitution
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| gptkbp:prohibits |
states from denying due process
states from denying equal protection states from abridging privileges or immunities of citizens |
| gptkbp:purpose |
to grant citizenship and equal civil and legal rights to all persons born or naturalized in the United States
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| gptkbp:ratificationProcess |
required Southern states to ratify for readmission to Union
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| gptkbp:ratifiedBy |
three-fourths of the states
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| gptkbp:relatedTo |
U.S. Constitution Amendment XIII
U.S. Constitution Amendment XV |
| gptkbp:section |
5
addresses apportionment of representatives gives Congress power to enforce the amendment bars certain former Confederates from holding office addresses public debt and repudiation of Confederate debt prohibits states from denying any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws grants citizenship to all persons born or naturalized in the United States prohibits states from denying any person life, liberty, or property, without due process of law |
| gptkbp:sponsor |
gptkb:39th_United_States_Congress
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| gptkbp:textBegins |
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.
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| gptkbp:bfsParent |
gptkb:Goss_v._Lopez
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| gptkbp:bfsLayer |
7
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