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The 14th Amendment wasn't enforced because the people (the white people) of the North and South didn't want to change because inequality was a way of life. People were slow to change.
The law wasn't acted upon, because a law is only as good as it is acted upon.
Many states and state officials were against this law.
The Constitution does not apply to the populace, but only to governments. Governments that violated the Constitution were stopped by the federal courts.
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Which two amendments in the constitution do both justice fortas and justice black refer to?
The Fourteenth Amendment
Which amendment enforced prohibition?
The 18th amendment
What was the big problem with the bill of the rights before the passage of the fourteenth amendment?
Prior to the passage of the fourteenth amendment, the application of any constitutional protection was uneven. The fourteenth amendment was intended to force the equal application of constitutional protections to all persons. umm yeah this didn't answer my question
Which part of the Fourteenth Amendment gives Congress the power to make sure the amendment is not violated?
the enforcement clause
Which Constitutional amendment extended to the states the restriction that a state cannot deny an individual his constitutional rights?
14th amendment
