Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution
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OverviewSection 1: Citizenship and civil rightsSection 2: Apportionment of RepresentativesSection 3: Disqualification from office for insurrection or rebellionSection 4: Validity of public debtSection 5: Power of enforcementSelected Supreme Court casesAdoptionSection 1 of the amendment formally defines United States citizenship and also protects various civil rights from being abridged or denied by any state or state actor. Abridgment or denial of those civil rights by private persons is not addressed by this amendment. The Supreme Court held in Civil Rights Cases (1883) that the amendment was limited to "state action" and, therefore, did no…
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