Fourteenth Amendment

Fourteenth Amendment, addition to the U.S. Constitution, adopted 1868. The amendment comprises five sections.

Sections in this article:

• Introduction
• Sections 2–5
• Equal Protection
• Due Process of Law
• Section 1
• Bibliography

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