Fourteenth Amendmentin a sentence
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The Fourteenth Amendment overturned the Dred Scott decision.
Fourteenth Amendment = 1868 amendment to the US Constitution extending federal constitutional protections to cover state law as well
- But even if she had, Hagar, at least, lived long enough for the Fourteenth Amendment to free her.† (source)
- In 1872 he was elected to Congress, and his petition for a pardon from the disabilities imposed on all Confederate officials by the Fourteenth Amendment was granted.† (source)
- Note: Article I, section 2, of the Constitution was modified by section 2 of the 14th amendment.† (source)