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14th Amendment Document For African American In Utah
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A major provision of the 14th Amendment was to grant citizenship to “All persons born or naturalized in the United States,” thereby granting citizenship to formerly enslaved people.
The 14th Amendment revoked the Black Codes by declaring that states could not pass laws that denied citizens their constitutional rights and freedoms. No person could be deprived of life, liberty, or property without due process (fair treatment by the judicial system), and the law was to be equally applied to everyone.
The law stated that everyone born in the United States, including former slaves, was an American citizen. No state could pass a law that took away their rights to “life, liberty, or property.” The Fourteenth Amendment also added the first mention of gender into the Constitution.
The operation of the Fourteenth Amendment is designed to bar state-practiced and operated racial discriminated against African Americans. Here, it is stated that racial profiling as a practice violates the tenets of the Fourteenth Amendment both in its essence and in its text.
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.
An amendment may be proposed by a two-thirds vote of both Houses of Congress, or, if two-thirds of the States request one, by a convention called for that purpose. The amendment must then be ratified by three-fourths of the State legislatures, or three-fourths of conventions called in each State for ratification.
Due process of law involves two types of processes: (a) procedural due process – Is the process fair? and (b) substantive due process - Does the government have the right to bring the action in the first place? In performing the LHO duties and responsibilities, you must be concerned with whether the process is fair.
Constitution of the United States.
Constitution of the United States.
The Fourteenth Amendment of the U.S. Constitution contains a number of important concepts, most famously state action, privileges or immunities, citizenship, due process, and equal protection—all of which are contained in Section One.
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The Fourteenth Amendment addresses many aspects of citizenship and the rights of citizens. The Due Process Clause provides that no states shall deprive any "person" of "life, liberty or property" without due process of law.In addition, this lesson includes excerpts from the California Constitution and laws from 1850-65.