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14th Amendment

The Fourteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, guaranteeing equal protection under the law, due process, and birthright citizenship. Incidents involve executive actions that violate these protections or attempt to reinterpret the amendment's scope.

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Executive Order Attempting to Restrict Fourteenth Amendment Birthright Citizenship

An executive order attempting to override the Fourteenth Amendment's birthright citizenship guarantee by executive fiat, blocked by every court to consider it and now before the Supreme Court.

  • EO 14160 attempted to deny citizenship to babies born in the U.S. to parents without lawful permanent status.
  • Four federal district courts and two appeals courts blocked the order as unconstitutional.