14th Amendment Document With State And Local Laws In Illinois
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Illinois Constitution - Amendments Proposed. A proposed amendment becomes effective if approved by either three-fifths of those voting on the question or a majority of those voting in the election.
No State shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor shall any State deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws.
State Action. —The Fourteenth Amendment, by its terms, limits discrimination only by governmental entities, not by private parties. As the Court has noted, “the action inhibited by the first section of the Fourteenth Amendment is only such action as may fairly be said to be that of the States.
Both the Fifth and Fourteenth Amendment Due Process clauses prohibit government officials from depriving an individual of “life, liberty, or property without due process of law.” It also applies in both civil and criminal cases.
The General Assembly shall not take action on any proposed amendment to the Constitution of the United States submitted for ratification by legislatures unless a majority of the members of the General Assembly shall have been elected after the proposed amendment has been submitted for ratification.
The 1970 Constitution has a preamble and 14 articles. Preamble. Article 1: Bill of Rights. Article 2: Powers of the State. Article 3: Suffrage and Elections. Article 4: The Legislature. Article 5: The Executive. Article 6: The Judiciary. Article 7: Local Government.
No State shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor shall any State deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws. Section 2.
Constitution of the United States.
Article XIV - Labor Relations. Section 1. SECTION 1. The Legislature may provide for minimum wages and for the general welfare of employees and for those purposes may confer on a commission legislative, executive, and judicial powers.
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.
