14th Amendment Applies To In Pima
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The 14th Amendment's Equal Protection Clause has been an invaluable tool for courts to strike down discriminatory laws effecting protected classes. However, constitutional protections for disability related discrimination remains the weakest of all protected classes determined by the court.
The Congress shall have power to enforce, by appropriate legislation, the provisions of this article.
The Fourteenth Amendment only applies to actions by state governments (state actions), not private actions. Consider, for example, Obergefell, which involved the fundamental right to marry. Some state laws interfered with that right.
Not only did the 14th Amendment fail to extend the Bill of Rights to the states; it also failed to protect the rights of Black citizens.
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.
The 14th Amendment's Equal Protection Clause has been an invaluable tool for courts to strike down discriminatory laws effecting protected classes. However, constitutional protections for disability related discrimination remains the weakest of all protected classes determined by the court.
In MacKay v. Campbell,t 6 U.S. v. Osborne, 7 and Elk v. Wilkins,1 8 the western courts ruled that Indians were not yet citizens and that the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Amendments did not apply to them.
Yes, immigrants are protected by the U.S. Constitution. The brief answer is “Yes.” When it comes to key constitutional provisions like due process and equal treatment under the law, the U.S. Constitution applies to all persons – which includes both documented and undocumented immigrants – and not just U.S. citizens.
As discussed above, the disqualification clause was originally intended to keep people out of office who were part of the Confederacy.
