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At its inception, the Fourteenth Amendment protected the newly emancipated slaves. The earlier Dred Scott decision had held that citizenship was based on state, not federal law. The 14th Amendment changed that. Southern states could no longer keep their laws denying freed slaves their citizenship rights because now those laws were unconstitutional and of no effect..
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Whose rights was the Fourteenth Amendment designed to protect?
(newly freed slaves)
Whose voting rights are protected by the Nineteenth Amendment?
WomenWomen
Whose rights does Copyright protect?
Predominantly, creators.
Whose rights does the constitution and Bill of Rights protect?
Individual citizens from the power of the federal government and state government.
Whose rights are protected by copyright law?
Copyright law is designed to ascribe exclusive rights to the creator of a work.
The founders of the US believed that an important purpose of government was to protect whose rights?
the individuals
How have the protections of the fourteenth amendment been extended beyond the original group whose situation the amendment was intended to remedy?
The Fourteenth Amendment, originally designed to protect the rights of formerly enslaved individuals, has been extended through judicial interpretations and landmark Supreme Court rulings to safeguard the rights of various marginalized groups. Key decisions, such as Brown v. Board of Education (1954), extended its protections to combat racial segregation, while cases like Obergefell v. Hodges (2015) affirmed marriage equality for same-sex couples. Additionally, the amendment's Equal Protection Clause has been used to address issues of gender discrimination and the rights of immigrants, reflecting its evolving application in response to societal changes. Through these extensions, the amendment has become a broader tool for civil rights and social justice.
Whose job is it to protect the rights of the Bill of Rights?
The Bill of Rights is protected by the Judicial Branch.
Who proposed the 19th amendment and during whose presidency?
Woodrow Wilson
Whose rights come first when there is a conflict between an individual rights and the rights of the community?
what our rights are and what can and can't do!
Whose rights are guaranteed by the US Bill of Rights?
U.s. Citizens
Whose rights are guranteed by the constitution and the bill of rights?
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