the 14th amendment
Read the excerpt from the Fourteenth Amendment of the United States Constitution. [N]or shall any state deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law. This clause ensures that anyone can enforce the law as long as they are citizens. all states follow similar rules and legal processes. any state can deprive its citizens of due process. all non-citizens are not covered by due process.
all states follow similar rules and legal processes.
Why was the Supreme Court's ruling important in Gitlow v. New York? because it used the equal protection law to interpret the issue of incorporation because it used the due process law to interpret the issue of incorporation because the Supreme Court believed Gitlow was guilty because the Supreme Court believed Gitlow was innocent
because it used the due process law to interpret the issue of incorporation
Read the excerpt from the Fourteenth Amendment of the United States Constitution. No state shall make or enforce any law which shall [take away] the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States. This Fourteenth Amendment clause is about equal protection under the law. the right of citizenship. due process under the law. states' rights to enforce laws.
equal protection under the law.
The enforcement clause of the Fourteenth Amendment states that Congress has the authority to grant citizenship to people. change the Constitution. enforce only the Bill of Rights. make laws to apply the amendment.
make laws to apply the amendment.
The citizenship clause of the Fourteenth Amendment says a naturalized person
not- must have been born in a country other than the United States.
The citizenship clause of the Fourteenth Amendment says a naturalized person must have the same rights to become a citizen as someone born in another country. must have the same rights to become a citizen as someone born in the US. must have been born in the United States, not in another country. must have been born in a country other than the United States.
not- must have been born in a country other than the United States.
The Fourteenth Amendment made the Constitution superior to state law because states do not have to follow the Bill of Rights. the Fourteenth Amendment applied to state law through incorporation. the due process law cannot be used to incorporate the Bill of Rights. the Fourteenth Amendment cannot be incorporated as needed.
the Fourteenth Amendment applied to state law through incorporation.
If two people of different ethnic backgrounds were guilty of the same crime, but only one of them were accused and tried, this would be a violation of due process and equal protection under the law. the right of citizenship and equal protection. the right of citizenship and due process. due process and the enforcement clause.
the right of citizenship and equal protection.
Why did the Supreme Court expand the incorporation of the Bill of Rights? to ensure they always had the last word to ensure equal treatment for all citizens to ensure all naturalized people could be citizens to ensure all legal cases came before the Court
to ensure equal treatment for all citizens
Read the excerpt from the Fourteenth Amendment of the United States Constitution. The Congress shall have power to enforce, by appropriate legislation, the provisions of this article. This Fourteenth Amendment clause means that Congress cannot do anything in relation to the Fourteenth Amendment. all states have the authority to make laws to apply the amendment. all citizens will be subject to the same set of legal procedures. Congress has the authority to make laws to apply the amendment.
Congress has the authority to make laws to apply the amendment.
