14 Amendment

After the 'Reconstruction Amendments' that guaranteed civil and legal rights to black citizens, there was an important provision that “nor shall any state deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal…

Amendments 13-15 are called the Reconstruction Amendments both because they were first enacted right after the Civil War and because they addressed questions related to the legal and political status of African Americans. The 13th Amendment abolished slavery unless used as a punishment for a crime…