The Fourteenth Amendment

Look at the political cartoon. The cartoon shows an officer from the federal government

Why was the Supreme Court's ruling important in Gitlow v. New York?

Read the excerpt from the Fourteenth Amendment of the United States Constitution. The Congress shall have power to enforce, by appropriate legislation, the provisions of this article. This Fourteenth Amendment clause means that

The Fourteenth Amendment made the Constitution superior to state law because

Through which clause did state governments become bound by the Bill of Rights?

After the Civil War, the federal government began to extend civil rights to African Americans by

Read the excerpt from the Fourteenth Amendment of the United States Constitution. No state shall make or enforce any law which shall [take away] the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States. This Fourteenth Amendment clause is about

The citizenship clause of the Fourteenth Amendment says a naturalized person

Read the excerpt from the First Amendment of the United States Constitution. Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof. At the time it was written, this clause originally applied to

Read the excerpt from the Fourteenth Amendment of the United States Constitution. [N]or shall any state deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law. This clause ensures that