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  2. U.S. Constitution Annotated
  3. Amendment XIV. Citizenship, Equal Protection, and Other Rights of Citizens

    Fourteenth Amendment

    • Overview
    • State Action Doctrine
    • Section 1 Due Process of Law
      • Citizenship Clause
        • Historical Background
        • Citizenship Clause: Doctrine and Practice
        • Loss of Citizenship
      • Privileges or Immunities Clause
        • Slaughter-House
        • Current Doctrine
      • Incorporation
        • Incorporation: Overview
        • Early Doctrine
      • Due Process of Law: Abortion
        • Background and Early Doctrine on Abortion
        • Restrictions on Abortion Funding
        • Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization and Post-Dobbs Doctrine
      • Equal Protection
        • Race-Based Classifications
          • Race-Based Classifications: Overview
          • Equal Protection: General Background and Rational Basis Review
          • Facially Non-Neutral Laws
          • Political Process Doctrine
          • Peremptory Challenges
          • Racial Segregation in Education
            • Brown v. Board of Education
            • Aftermath of Brown v. Board of Education
            • Court Orders and Methods of Desegregation
              • Implementing School Desegregation
              • The Scope of Remedial Desegregation Orders and Ending Court Supervision
              • Remaining Vestiges of Unconstitutional Racial Segregation
          • Segregation in Other Contexts
            • Overview of Segregation in Other Contexts
            • Segregation in Housing
            • Segregation in Transportation
            • Segregation in Public Facilities
            • Segregation in Private Businesses
          • Facially Non-Neutral Laws that Benefit Racial Minorities
            • Early Doctrine on Appropriate Scrutiny
            • Current Doctrine on Appropriate Scrutiny
          • Facially Neutral Laws Implicating a Racial Minority
        • Voting Rights
          • Voting Rights Generally
          • Voter Qualifications
          • Partisan Gerrymandering
          • Equality Standard and Vote Dilution
          • Inequalities Within a State and Vote Dilution
          • Racial Vote Dilution and Racial Gerrymandering
          • Ballot Access
        • Non-Race Based Classifications
          • Non-Race Based Classifications: Overview
          • Alienage Classification
          • Doctrine on Gender Classifications from 1870s to 1960s
          • Doctrine on Gender Classifications During the 1970s
          • General Approach to Gender Classifications
          • Facially Non-Neutral Laws that Benefit Women
          • Out of Wedlock Birthds
          • Non-Suspect Classifications
          • Economic Regulation and Taxing Power
            • Economic Regulation and Taxing Power : Overview
            • Classification for Purpose of Taxation
            • Foreign Corporations and Nonresidents
            • Income Taxes
            • Inheritance Taxes
            • Motor Vehicle Taxes
            • Property Taxes
            • Special Assessment
          • Sexual Orientation
          • Wealth
            • Wealth : Overview
            • Criminal Procedure and Sentences
            • Access to Courts
            • Educational Opportunity
            • Wealth : Abortion
          • Fundamental Rights
            • Fundamental Rights : Overview
            • Interstate Travel
    • Section 2 Apportionment of Representation
      • Apportionment of Representation: Doctrine and Practice
    • Section 3 Disqualification from Holding Office
      • Disqualification from Holding Office: Doctrine and Practice
        • Disqualification Clause
    • Section 4 Public Debt Clause
      • Public Debt Clause: Overview
    • Section 5 Enforcement Clause
      • Enforcement Clause: Overview
      • Who Congress May Regulate
      • Pre-Modern Doctrine
      • Modern Doctrine

U.S. Constitution Annotated Toolbox

  • Explanation of the Constitution - from the Congressional Research Service


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