Would you change the 14 amendment. Its the culture the values you follow where your loyalties lie. Board of education racial discrimination roe v. Citizenship and the rights of citizens.
That amendment had first been proposed in 1789 but wasnt ratified as part of the bill of rights. Change the 14th amendment. Ratified on july 9 1868 during the post civil war era the 14th along with the 13th and 15th amendments are collectively known as the reconstruction amendmentsalthough the 14th amendment was intended to protect the rights of formerly enslaved people it has.
Fourteenth amendment amendment 1868 to the constitution of the united states that granted citizenship and equal civil and legal rights to african americans and slaves who had been emancipated after the civil war including them under the umbrella phrase all persons born or naturalized in the united states. Being born in a piece of land doesnt magically make you an american. Clause 5 of the amendment.
The fourteenth amendment addresses many aspects of citizenship and the rights of citizens. The fourteenth amendment amendment xiv to the united states constitution was adopted on july 9 1868 as one of the reconstruction amendmentsarguably one of the most consequential amendments it addresses citizenship rights and equal protection under the law and was proposed in response to issues related to former slaves following the american civil war. What needs to be done can be accomplished by congressional action.
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. The 14th amendment to the united states constitution deals with several aspects of us. The most recent amendment added to the constitution was the 27 th amendment in 1992 which prevented congress from changing its own compensation during a term in progress.
Today however it has changed to allow anyone that steps foot here and has a kid to claim american relatives. A new amendment to address citizenship issues would be tough in todays polarized environment.
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