Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution
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title:
Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution
text:
The Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution was adopted on July 9, 1868, as one of the Reconstruction Amendments. Usually considered one of the most consequential amendments, it addresses citizenship rights and equal protection under the law and was proposed in response to issues related to formerly enslaved Americans following the American Civil War. The amendment was bitterly contested, particularly by the states of the defeated Confederacy, which were forced to ratify it in ord
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1868 amendment addressing citizenship rights and civil and political liberties
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fourteenth_Amendment_to_the_United_States_Constitution
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2001-02-09T01:52:35Z
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2024-09-04T10:29:38Z
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