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  • n  a right guaranteed by the Fourteenth Amendment to the US Constitution and by the due-process clause of the Fifth Amendment
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  • When Republicans Supported the Debt Unconditionally
    From the moment it was introduced in Congress in 1866, the 14th Amendment has inspired intense political and judicial controversy. Most has centered on the first section, which declares that any person born in the U.S. is a citizen and prohibits states from depriving such citizens of life, liberty, property or the equal protection of the laws. The second and third sections -- a complicated ...
    Oct. 14, 2013 - Bloomberg
  • Dueling Motions In Utah Legal Fight Over Gay Marriage
    (KUTV) One side insisted Utahâs one man-one woman definition of marriage âis discriminating against gay and lesbian individuals..â  The other side said traditional marriage âdoes not deny anyone equal protection of the laws.â That language is contained in legal filings, submitted to U. ...
    Oct. 13, 2013 - KUTV Salt Lake City

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