What is the Fourteenth Amendment?

The Fourteenth Amendment declares that all naturalized persons under the jurisdiction of the United States are citizens.

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#RGTS317 Why was the Fourteenth Amendment created? (Rights and Amendments) The Fourteenth Amendment was created to iterate that freed slaves, naturalized under the jurisdiction of the United States, were to be considered full citizens, and that the states must treat them acc...
#RGTS321 What else does the Fourteenth Amendment require? (Rights and Amendments) It requires that the states to treat all citizens equally under the law.
#RGTS322 Does the Fourteenth Amendment require the States to treat all people as equal under the law? (Rights and Amendments) No. It requires the states to treat all citizens - born or naturalized - equally under the law. Although all people are created by God and afforded basic human rights, the specific rights enunciated i...
#RGTS324 Should citizens honor or acknowledge the Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution? (Rights and Amendments) While the content of the Fourteenth Amendment is just and fair, no amendment should be acknowledged unless it is Constitutionally ratified, regardless of how long it has been seen to have been in forc...
#RGTS328 Is the Sixteenth Amendment a "good" amendment? (Rights and Amendments) No. In fact, an income tax that is progressive (in which the tax rate adjusts for income) is in violation of the equal protection clause of the Fourteenth Amendment, assuming that amendment's viabilit...
#RGTS323 Were the legal procedures prescribed in the Constitution itself, adhered to when ratifying the fourteenth amendment? (Rights and Amendments) The passage of the Fourteenth Amendment - as just as its provisions may be - is a stain upon the American system of constitutional governance. It was not passed by three fourths of the States as requi...
#RGTS319 What are the requirements of being a citizen from birth? (Rights and Amendments) Those who have a parent who is a citizen of the United States, regardless of the territory in which they are born, are citizens from birth.
#POW126 What is another power given to Congress by the Constitution? (Powers of Congress) Admitting a foreigner to become a citizen of the United States is the power of Congress, which can make one uniform rule that shall be followed throughout the country.
#LEG55 Naturalized? What does that mean? (Congress and Representation) A person who was born in another country and comes to live in the United States, is not a citizen until he has lived among us a certain time; and then, has taken a solemn oath to obey the Constitution...
#RGTS318 What does "naturalized" mean? (Rights and Amendments) "Naturalized" refers to one who has met the requirements of citizenship, but who was not born a citizen.
#RGTS320 Are those who are born inside the boundaries of the United States but whose parents aren't citizens to be considered citizens? (Rights and Amendments) No. Although current laws are often ignorant of the proper interpretation of this Amendment, those born within our borders whose parents are not citizens (such as those children belonging to diplomats...