Fourteenth Amendment to the United States
Constitution
Passed by Congress June 13, 1866. Ratified July 9, 1868.
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Note: Article I, section 2, of the Constitution was modified by section 2 of
the 14th amendment.
Section 1.
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. 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.
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