The 14th Amendment was adopted on July 9‚ 1868‚ which addresses citizenship rights and equal protection of the laws. The 14th Amendment formed the bases for landmark decisions such as Brown v. Board of Education in 1954‚ which was regards to racial segregation. Roe v. Wade in 1973‚ in regards to abortion‚ and the most recent of 2015 was Obergefell v. Hodges‚ in regards to same sex marriage. The 14th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution contains four sections. The first section guarantees citizenship
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messy and complicated event in American History. While there are several factors that led to the Southern states to secede from the Union‚ it is historically impossible to pinpoint the last bullet fired. Moreover‚ in academia there is a barrage of opinions on what was the deciding factor for the Civil War; one thing it is evident is that there was animosity between both sides since the inception of the United States. Additionally‚ one has to examine the proposed amendments to the Constitution before
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As a group I believe we should include the word sex in the 15th amendment. If the states really wanted to get rid of the ugly institution of slavery‚ they also had to consider women as being slaves of that same institution. The mere fact that they were denied basic rights on the grounds of sex‚ implies that women were seen as lower status‚ and were expected to follow the rules set by men. Sojourner Truth‚ argues that the only way for slavery to be truly destroyed is for women to be able to vote;
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The 14th Amendment: Why it is so important The 14th amendment is very important to America and it’s people. Without the 14th amendment a lot of us would be treated very differently. How are you supposed to defend yourself when your not even considered equal to the same people just like you? That is exactly why the 14th amendment was created‚ to give the people a way to be able to everyone else. I completely believe in the 14th amendment and the reasons behind it. Think about if we didn’t have
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years without being convicted of its most violent crime? Slavery in America began when the first African slaves were brought to the North American colony of Jamestown‚ Virginia‚ in 1619‚ to aid in the production of such lucrative crops as tobacco. And most aren’t aware that slavery in this country didn’t officially end until Dec. 6‚ 1865‚ the day the 13th Amendment
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Professor. Kurland 12/15/15 PRO GAY RIGHTS FINAL The 14th amendment‚ passed by Congress on June 13‚ 1866‚ and ratified on July 9‚ 1868‚ under the presidency of Andrew Johnson. The fourteenth Amendment is one of the reconstruction Amendments‚ it addresses citizenship rights‚ and the equal protection of the laws. Gay rights and same sex marriage is protected by the Due Process Clause‚ and the Equal Protection Clause of the fourteenth amendment. All persons born or naturalized in the United States
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The 14th Amendment states that people who are born in the U.S. are automatically citizens. Because of this‚ immagrants from all over are coming over to the U.S. and are having children in order for them to stay in the U.S. I agree with this amendment‚ however others may disagree. Others may believe that in order for your child to become a citizen‚ the parents themselves must be citizens. Evidence that supports the 14th amendment is a CNN article that says‚ “Now Replican Sens. Rand Paul of Kentucky
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The Era is an amendment that is connected to the 1848 women’s suffrage movement in which they were trying to fight for equal rights. The Era is meant it help them achieve their dream of gender equality by specifically stating in the constitution that all women have equal rights under the U.S constitution. In relation to the 14th amendment the Era addresses the issue of equality but unlike the 14th amendment it specifically addresses the inequality between both genders. I am in favor of the Era because
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The 14th Amendment states that no state can make/ enforce any law which it takes away privileges or immunities from a person that is a citizen of the United States or that was born in the United States. The 14th Amendment has been used in an awful way for the past five years by the certified peace officers of other communities. An example of this is the death of Trayvon Martin in 2012. He was brutally murdered by a peace officer Stanford‚ Florida because of something that was portrayed as something
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In 1868‚ the Fourteenth Amendment was added to the Constitution because of the concern related to the status of protection extended to the newly freed slaves against mistreatment by the states recently freed slaves. The Fourteenth Amendment offered a solution to these discriminatory laws simply guaranteeing “due process of law”‚ requiring the legal system to provide fundamentally fair trial procedures and “equal protection of laws”‚ and thereby requiring the government to treat all persons with equal
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