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Essay On The 14th Amendment

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The 14th Amendment to the U.S Constitution was quickly passed after the end of the Civil War. The war ended in 1868. One of the most important parts of the amendment is the presumption that states must make sure that people have “equal protection of the laws.” The different problems or big topics in the world including issues with race,gender, affirmative action,race discrimination, and problems going on in the world evolved with race. The issue on gender might also be discussed, such as different types of genders and how to address them, and where some of the genders can go and how they should be treated. Affirmative action might be a topic discussion and how it provides equal access to education for those groups that have been historically excluded or underrepresented, such as women and minorities or blacks. The 14th amendment is a very important part of the Constitution, but is not the most important part of the Constitution. The first 10 amendments are the most important part of the constitution. Those first 10 amendments are the basic rights for all people,which are Freedom of Speech,right to …show more content…

In the case Brown Vs Board of Education the segregation of public schools was based on which race was allowed by states if the facilities were “equal.” Brown overturned that decision. Regardless of the “equality” of facilities, the Court ruled that separate is not unequal. Thus public school segregation based on race was found in violation of the 14th Amendment’s Equal Protection Clause. (1875) Dred Scott, a slave in Missouri, sued for his freedom on the grounds that he lived for a time in a "free" area, Maine was a free state and slavery was not allowed in the territory, and later Kansas and Nebraska also became free states. The Court ruled against him, saying that under the Constitution, he was his owners

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