The constitutional amendment that directs that no state can deprive a person of life, liberty ,or property without due process or equal protection of the law. Back to the Top
U.S. Constitutional Amendment governing civil rights, right to privacy, due process, and equal protection rights along with other freedoms for citizens, which are considered to be fundamental rights.
Among other matters, the 14th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution prohibits states from depriving any person of life, liberty, or property without adequate due process.
an amendment to the Constitution of the United States adopted in 1868; extends the guarantees of the Bill of Rights to the states as well as to the federal government
Guarantees equal protection under the law by stating that all persons born or naturalized in the United States are citizens therein, and no state shall make or enforce laws that deprive citizens of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws.
Guaranteed rights of citizenship to former slaves, in words similar to those of the Civil Rights Act of 1866.
This Constitutional amendment passed by Congress in April 1866 incorporated some of the features of the Civil Rights Act of 1866. It prohibited states from violating the civil rights of its citizens and offered states the choice of allowing blacks to vote or losing representation in Congress.