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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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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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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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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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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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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shows by him graduating high school at the young age of fifteen. He later went on and graduated from Moore House College. After reading Dr. Martin Luther Kings letter titled “Letter from Birmingham Jail‚” I have an opinion on whether or not the 14th Amendment disenfranchisement laws fit King’s definition of an unjust law. I believe that these laws fit King’s definition of an unjust law. King says an unjust law is “a code that a numerical or power majority group compels a minority group to obey but
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Through the years of American history there’s been many different amendments past through the government that have given‚ taken‚ or altered the rights of all citations. While during the era of reconstruction was happening‚ there was 3 important amendments passed through congress theses being the 13th‚ 14th‚ and 15th amendments. The 14th amendment had 5 sections within the article covering many different parts of rights of congressmen‚ state repetions‚ and people within them. Eric Foner who write
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American citizenship‚ given that they are born on U.S. soil. The idea of “birthright citizenship” was reflected in the fourteenth amendment which states that “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”‚ (Will). However‚ when the fourteenth amendment was passed‚ the immigration process was slow moving. As this was the time of the Industrial Revolution‚ people were immigrating to
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