Fourteenth Amendment

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The Fourteenth Amendment is a key post–Civil War addition to the U.S. Constitution that guarantees citizenship, due process, and equal protection under the law, forming the foundation of many modern civil rights protections.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf United States constitutional law
constitutional amendment
adoptedAfter American Civil War
aimedAt protecting rights of formerly enslaved people
alsoKnownAs Fourteenth Amendment
surface form: 14th Amendment

Fourteenth Amendment
surface form: Amendment XIV
appliesTo states
belongsTo Reconstruction Amendments
containsClause Fourteenth Amendment self-linksurface differs
surface form: Citizenship Clause

Due Process Clause
Enforcement Clause
Equal Protection Clause
Privileges and Immunities Clause
surface form: Privileges or Immunities Clause
country United States of America
effectiveDate 1868-07-28
empowers United States Congress
empowersFor enforcement by appropriate legislation
followedBy Fifteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution
follows Thirteenth Amendment
surface form: Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution
guarantees birthright citizenship
due process of law
equal protection of the laws
historicalPeriod Reconstruction era
keyCase Brown v. Board of Education
Bush v. Gore
Gideon v. Wainwright
Gitlow v. New York
Loving v. Virginia
Mapp v. Ohio
Miranda v. Arizona
Obergefell v. Hodges
Plessy v. Ferguson (1896)
surface form: Plessy v. Ferguson

Regents of the University of California v. Bakke
Roe v. Wade
Shelby County v. Holder
legalDoctrine incorporation of the Bill of Rights
limits state governments
locatedInLegalDocument United States Constitution
surface form: Constitution of the United States, Article V amendments
partOf United States Constitution
proposedBy United States Congress
proposedOn 1866-06-13
ratifiedOn 1868-07-09
relatedTo Fifteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution
Thirteenth Amendment
surface form: Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution
sectionCount 5
subjectMatter citizenship law
civil rights
equal protection jurisprudence
procedural due process
substantive due process
usedFor selective incorporation of federal rights against the states

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Thirteenth Amendment followedBy Fourteenth Amendment
American Civil War legalOutcome Fourteenth Amendment
this entity surface form: Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution
Brown v. Board of Education legalIssue Fourteenth Amendment
this entity surface form: Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment
Brown v. Board of Education constitutionalProvisionInterpreted Fourteenth Amendment
this entity surface form: Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution
Brown v. Board of Education constitutionalProvisionInterpreted Fourteenth Amendment
this entity surface form: Equal Protection Clause
Roe v. Wade interpretsConstitutionalProvision Fourteenth Amendment
this entity surface form: Fourteenth Amendment Due Process Clause
Bush v. Gore legalIssue Fourteenth Amendment
this entity surface form: Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment
Bush v. Gore constitutionalProvision Fourteenth Amendment
this entity surface form: U.S. Constitution, Amendment XIV
Free Exercise Clause extendedToStatesBy Fourteenth Amendment
this entity surface form: Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution
United States v. Virginia (1996) majority opinion legalIssue Fourteenth Amendment
this entity surface form: Equal Protection Clause
United States v. Virginia (1996) majority opinion constitutionalProvisionInterpreted Fourteenth Amendment
this entity surface form: Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution
U.S. citizens protectedBy Fourteenth Amendment
this entity surface form: Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution
Clause 39 influenced Fourteenth Amendment
this entity surface form: Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution
Fourteenth Amendment containsClause Fourteenth Amendment self-linksurface differs
subject surface form: Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution
this entity surface form: Citizenship Clause
Fourteenth Amendment alsoKnownAs Fourteenth Amendment
subject surface form: Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution
this entity surface form: Amendment XIV
Fourteenth Amendment alsoKnownAs Fourteenth Amendment
subject surface form: Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution
this entity surface form: 14th Amendment
Civil Rights Act of 1866 relatedTo Fourteenth Amendment
this entity surface form: Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution
report "To Secure These Rights" legalBasisReferenced Fourteenth Amendment
subject surface form: To Secure These Rights
this entity surface form: Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution
Obergefell v. Hodges legalIssue Fourteenth Amendment
Obergefell v. Hodges relatedConstitutionalProvision Fourteenth Amendment
this entity surface form: U.S. Constitution Fourteenth Amendment
First Amendment to the United States Constitution incorporatedThrough Fourteenth Amendment
this entity surface form: Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution
Establishment Clause appliedThrough Fourteenth Amendment
Wisconsin v. Yoder appliedToStatesThrough Fourteenth Amendment
Reconstruction Acts of 1867 requiredRatificationOf Fourteenth Amendment
this entity surface form: Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution
Radical Republicanism supported Fourteenth Amendment
this entity surface form: Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution
Civil Rights Act of 1964 constitutionalBasis Fourteenth Amendment
this entity surface form: Fourteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution
United States constitutional history includesTopic Fourteenth Amendment
this entity surface form: Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution
Miranda v. Arizona constitutionalProvisionInterpreted Fourteenth Amendment
this entity surface form: U.S. Constitution, Fourteenth Amendment
Civil Rights Act of 1875 constitutionalBasisClaimed Fourteenth Amendment
this entity surface form: Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution
Furman v. Georgia constitutionalProvision Fourteenth Amendment
this entity surface form: Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution
Katzenbach v. McClung constitutionalProvision Fourteenth Amendment
this entity surface form: Fourteenth Amendment (referenced but not primary basis)
Due Process Clause locatedIn Fourteenth Amendment
this entity surface form: Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution
Due Process Clause foundInSection Fourteenth Amendment
this entity surface form: Section 1 of the Fourteenth Amendment
Gideon v. Wainwright constitutionalProvisionInterpreted Fourteenth Amendment
this entity surface form: Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution
Voting Rights Act of 1965 constitutionalBasis Fourteenth Amendment
this entity surface form: Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution
Davis v. County School Board of Prince Edward County constitutionalProvisionInvoked Fourteenth Amendment
this entity surface form: Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution
Fifteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution follows Fourteenth Amendment
this entity surface form: Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution
Doe v. Bolton constitutionalProvisionInterpreted Fourteenth Amendment
this entity surface form: Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution
Equal Justice Under Law (associated with the Supreme Court building inscription) relatedTo Fourteenth Amendment
subject surface form: Equal Justice Under Law
this entity surface form: Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution
Cantwell v. Connecticut appliedToStatesThrough Fourteenth Amendment
this entity surface form: Fourteenth Amendment Due Process Clause
Smith v. Allwright constitutionalProvision Fourteenth Amendment
this entity surface form: Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution
Civil Rights Act of 1960 constitutionalBasis Fourteenth Amendment
this entity surface form: Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution
Mississippi University for Women v. Hogan constitutionalProvisionInterpreted Fourteenth Amendment
this entity surface form: Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution
Briggs v. Elliott constitutionalProvisionInvoked Fourteenth Amendment
this entity surface form: Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution
Enforcement Clause partOf Fourteenth Amendment
this entity surface form: Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution
Enforcement Clause constitutionalArticle Fourteenth Amendment
this entity surface form: Amendment XIV of the United States Constitution
Black Codes ledTo Fourteenth Amendment
this entity surface form: Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution