Amendment 14 Section 2

Section 5 also known as the enforcement clause of the fourteenth amendment enables congress to pass laws enforcing the amendment s other provisions.

Amendment 14 section 2. The fourteenth amendment to the u s. Before the passage of this amendment in antebellum pre civil war america the number of delegates sent by each state to the house of representatives was governed by article i section 2 clause 3. The wording caused outrage in the women s suffrage movement.

First it guarantees that whatever debt the united states government accrues shall not be questioned second it invalidates any debt incurred by any rebellion against the united states practically this told those that may have financed the. The fourth section of the 14th amendment contains two general elements both surrounding debt. The most commonly used and frequently litigated phrase in the amendment is equal protection of the laws which figures prominently in a wide variety of landmark cases including brown v.

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. Constitution was passed by congress on june 13 1866 during the reconstruction period after the end of the civil war. Nor shall any state deprive any.

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. As with section 1 of the 14th amendment this section and the remaining sections were originally written in direct response to the civil war. 217 218 in the civil rights cases 1883 30 the supreme court interpreted section 5 narrowly stating that the legislation which congress is authorized to adopt in this behalf is not.

Section 2 of the fourteenth amendment modified article i section 2 of the constitution. No state shall make or enforce any law. Amendment 14 citizenship rights back table of contents next.

No state shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the united states. The fourteenth amendment addresses many aspects of citizenship and the rights of citizens. Along with the thirteenth and fifteenth amendments it is one of the three reconstruction amendments.