Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution

discipline in the students. Which resulted in many alumni going on to have very successful careers, like Ralph Northam. The petitioner in this case was the United States. Who questioned whether Virginias exclusion of women for the education opportunities provided by VMI violated the equal protection clause of the 14th amendment. Arguing that the unique education and benefits of graduating the esteemed school shouldn’t be limited to males and that in…

After the abolishment of slavery in the United States by the Emancipation Proclamation (1863), racial discrimination still widely defined the treatment of African Americans in the south. Discrimination became more structured with laws resulting from court cases like Plessy vs. Ferguson (1896). The Supreme Court ruled in the Plessy vs. Ferguson case that “Jim Crow type laws were constitutional as long as they allowed ‘separate but equal’ facilities” (www.newworldencyclopedia.org). However, the…

landmark cases that have sent precedent for the United States. The case Plessy versus Ferguson supported and encouraged segregation in the late 1800s. The case Brown versus Board of Education rejected this doctrine when an African-American child was declined admission into a white only school. These two cases still effect the United States and many Americans, today. The case of Plessy versus Ferguson supported the doctrine “separate but equal.” The 14th Amendment guarantees citizens “equal…

The Fifteenth Amendment guarantees that the "right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any state on account of race, color, or previous condition of servitude."(Library of Congress). This means, in theory, that any US citizen should be able to vote no matter what their background. But the limits of this amendment are very apparent. This amendment does not guarantee rights of black women, they were not able to vote until 1920,…

Abstract The Twenty-Sixth Amendment has the right to be repealed by Congress.During the time period of the Vietnam War of the Cold War, where the United States had conscripted their men into soldiers to fight against the communists in Vietnam. The main reason for the men to be drafted is to protect the South Vietnam from being taken over by the North Vietnam. As the American men were being drafted into the war, they were recently a few number of men who burned their draft cards in as an…

The people of the United States should not get rid of the Fourteenth Amendment because it is not ethical to take it away. The Fourteenth Amendment was introduced in July 28, 1868. The purpose for this amendment was getting the people who were born in the United States the same freedom as any other American citizens. The Fourteenth Amendment states, All person born or naturalized in the United States and of the state where in the reside no state shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge…

undocumented parents (Kendall 350). 2“Believing that the 14th amendment alone would be the answer as to what to door how to see anchor babies is not there is too it upon closer examination the results of such ideas reveal that that actions towards this subject should not be taken lightly. This article shows a combination or history about birthright citizenship, and legislative cases,” (Kendall 350). 3. Being a citizen of the United states awards so many different privileges. These privileges…

The 14th Amendment of the United States Constitution contains the Due Process Clause. The definition of due process is fair treatment through the normal judicial system, especially as a citizen's entitlement. What this means is the government has to go through with a list of legal measures before it can deprive us of life, liberty, or property. The Due Process Clause provides four basic areas of protection, which are all overseen by the U.S. Supreme Court. One of the four areas of protection is…

Times article that has the title” Supreme Court Ruling Makes Same-Sex Marriage a Right Nationwide”, on June 27th, the US Supreme Court decided 5-4 that same-sex couples have a ‘fundamental’ right to marry, and thus overturned the laws of at least 17 states. In this assignment, I will discuss the arguments both for and against judicial activism vs. judicial restraint, using the 2015 gay marriage case of OBERGEFELL ET AL. v. HODGES, DIRECTOR, OHIO DEPARTMENT…

The United States takes pride in the justice and fairness offered to the residing population; we have been seen as the land of opportunity and liberty. The Bill of Rights and Constitution entails much of the credit for this ideal of American Democracy, but more specifically, the Due Process mentioned within the Fifth and Fourteenth Amendments. The Due Rights Clause grants protection to the people from the government within the legal system. Originally, the Due Process applied towards the federal…