Implications Of The 13th Amendment

The Fourteenth Amendment was ratified after the Civil War on July 9, 1868. The Amendment established the protection of freedmen’s rights by guaranteeing their equal rights and stopping states from denying their citizenship, this Amendment has become the cornerstone of civil rights and a landmark of the Supreme Court decisions. Due to the amendment the Bill of Rights protects us from state actions, which the federal government only had the power to enforce, this was because of the Incorporation Doctrine that the Fourteenth Amendment went through and without it, it would cause many problems like; Miranda Rights being said by officers, the First Amendment could not stop states from restricting free speech, and there would be no Sixth Amendment …show more content…
A trial, where the Fourteenth Amendment was put to use, is the case of Susan B. Anthony, she was charged with unlawfully voting because of her female sex as a woman, she stated: “that the citizenship and privileges or immunities provisions of the Fourteenth Amendment effectively extend the right to vote to women.” Anthony was still found guilty and fined $100 that she did not pay, her famous “not a penny,” quote fueled her inspiration to getting women the right to vote but that wasn’t put into action until the Nineteenth Amendment was passed in 1920. The 14th Amendment refuses federal and state government from denying people's life, liberty, or property unless following the laws from being infringed on. We in the United States are granted equal protection so that the government officials don’t have too much power over the people, so everyone is treated fairly we can work where we want, live where we want, and be who we want without being threatened, everyone is equal until they start infringing on people's rights, then yours are taken from you because you broke the law. The Fourteenth Amendment are granted the same rights as everyone else and if they follow the laws they are American