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Joint resolution passed by Congress 8 June 1866; declared ratified on 18 July 1868.Section 1. All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside. No State shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; 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 protection of the laws.
Section 2. Representatives shall be apportioned among the several States according to their respective numbers, counting the whole number of persons in each State, excluding Indians not taxed. But when the right to vote at any election for the choice of electors for President and Vice President of the United States, Representatives in Congress, the Executive and Judicial officers of a State, or the members of the Legislature thereof, is denied to any of the male inhabitants of such State, being twenty-one years of age, and citizens of the United States, or in any way abridged, except for participation in rebellion, or other crime, the basis of representation therein shall be reduced in the proportion which the number of such male citizens shall bear to the whole number of male citizens twenty-one years of age in such State.
Section 3. No person shall be a Senator or Representative in Congress, or elector of President and Vice President, or hold any office, civil or military, under the United States, or under any State, who, having previously taken an oath, as a member of Congress, or as an officer of the United States, or as a member of any State legislature, or as an executive or judicial officer of any State, to support the Constitution of the United States, shall have engaged in insurrection or rebellion against the same, or given aid or comfort to the enemies thereof. But Congress may, by a vote of two-thirds of each House, remove such disability.
Section 4. The validity of the public debt of the United States, authorized by law, including debts incurred for payment of pensions and bounties for services in suppressing insurrection or rebellion, shall not be questioned. But neither the United States nor any State shall assume or pay any debt or obligation incurred in aid of insurrection or rebellion against the United States, or any claim for the loss or emancipation of any slave; but all such debts, obligations and claims shall be held illegal and void.
Section 5. The Congress shall have power to enforce, by appropriate legislation, the provisions of this article.
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Writings About The U.S. Constitution
 | "America's Constitution: A Biography" [2005] by Akhil Reed Amar Kindle Edition from Random House [2/2012] for $11.99 Random House 9x6 pb [9/2006] for $12.29 Random House hardcover [9/2005] for $26.98 author's homepage at Yale | |
 | "A Treatise On The Rights and Privileges Guaranteed By The Fourteenth Amendment To The Constitution of The United States" [W.H. Anderson orig 1901] by Judge Henry Brannon [1837-1914] longtime popular critical opinion on the Fourteenth Amendment Legare Street Press pb [10/2022] for $24.99 Gale Modern Law 9¾x7½ pb [12/2010] for $23.99 Wentworth Press 9¼x6 pb [8/2016] - status unclear Forgotten Books 9x6 hardcover [8/2018] for $31.57 Legare Street Press 9¼x6 hardcover [10/2022] for $34.95 Kessinger Publishing 9x6 hardcover [10/2022] for $47.16 1901 edition available as free online flip-book at Internet Archive 1901 edition available as free online flip-book at Internet Archive | |
 | "Does The Fourteenth Amendment Incorporate The Bill of Rights?: The Original Under-standing" [1949] article by Charles Fairman printed in the Stanford Law Review Volume 2, Issue #1 (Dec 1949) Stanford Univ School of Law pb [12/1949] long out of print/scarce "The Fourteenth Amendment and The Bill of Rights: The Incorporation Theory" [1970] by Charles Fairman & Stanley Morrison, Introduction by Leonard W. Levy Da Capo Press pb [8/1970] for $48.67 | |
 | "The Framing of the Fourteenth Amendment" [1956] by Joseph B. James Univ of Illinois Press pb [12/65] out of print/scarce 1956 edition available as free online flip-book at Internet Archive 1956 edition available as free online flip-book at Internet Archive | |
 | "The Fourteenth Amendment: A Century In American Law and Life (Centennial Volume)" [1970] Edited by scholar Bernard Schwartz book contains the papers delivered at a centennial conference held at the New York University School of Law in October 1968; contributors include Justice Wm. J. Brennan Jr., Henry Steele Commager, Justice Abe Fortas, editor Schwartz, Justice Earl Warren New York Univ Press hardcover [1970] out of print/used available as free online flip-book at Internet Archive | |
 | "The Fourteenth Amendment and The Bill of Rights: The Incorporation Theory" [1970] by Charles Fairman & Stanley Morrison, Introduction by Leonard W. Levy [1923-2006] Da Capo Press pb [8/1970] for $48.67 Da Capo Press hardcover [8/1970] for $48.63 available as free online flip-book at Internet Archive | |
 | "Government By Judiciary: The Transformation of The Fourteenth Amendment" [1977] by Raoul Berger [1901-2000], Foreword by Forrest McDonald Author contends that the United States Supreme Court has embarked on 'a continuing revision of the Constitution, under the guise of interpretation', thereby subverting America’s democratic institutions and wreaking havoc upon social and political lives of Americans Kindle Edition from Liberty Fund, Inc. [2nd edition 6/97] for $8.49 Liberty Fund, Inc. 2nd edition 9x6 pb [6/97] for $12.39 Liberty Fund, Inc. 2nd edition 9½x6½ hardcover [6/97] for $27.00 Harvard Univ Press hardcover [10/77] out of print/used Harvard Univ Press hardcover [10/77] out of print/used | |
 | "Ratification of The Fourteenth Amendment" [1984] by Joseph B. James Mercer Univ Press 9½x6½ hardcover [1984] out of print/used |
"No State Shall Abridge: The Fourteenth Amendment and the Bill of Rights" [May 19, 1986] by Michael Kent Curtis
http://www.amazon.com/State-Shall-Abridge-Fourteenth-Amendment/dp/0822305992/ hc
http://www.amazon.com/State-Shall-Abridge-Fourteenth-Amendment-ebook/dp/B00I3SKJZM/
http://www.amazon.com/State-Shall-Abridge-Fourteenth-Amendment/dp/082231035X/
http://www.amazon.com/State-Shall-Abridge-Fourteenth-1987-03-23/dp/B01F7XIFEM/
 | "The Fourteenth Amendment: From Political Principle To Judicial Doctrine" [1988] by William E. Nelson Discussion of the history of the Fourteenth Amendment, the intent of its framers, and its impact on U.S. history Kindle Edition from Harvard Univ Press [1998 edition] for $27.00 Harvard Univ Press 9¼x6 pb [rev 8/98] for $32.67 Harvard Univ Press 9¾x6½ hardcover [9/88] for $110.00 {sic} | |
 | "The Fourteenth Amendment and The Bill of Rights" [1989] by Raoul Berger [1901-2000] Discusses the historical background of the Fourteenth Amendment, and argues that it has been unfairly used to encroach on states' rights Univ Oklahoma Press 8¾x6 hardcover [1989] out of print/used |
"Freedmen, the Fourteenth Amendment, and the Right to Bear Arms, 1866-1876 [Nov 30, 1998] by Stephen P. Halbrook
http://www.amazon.com/Freedmen-Fourteenth-Amendment-1866-1876-Literature/dp/0275963314/
http://www.archive.org/details/freedmenfourteen0000halb
"The Amendment that Refused to Die: Equality and Justice Deferred: The History of the Fourteenth Amendment" [Sep 26, 2000] by Howard Meyer
http://www.amazon.com/Amendment-that-Refused-Die-Fourteenth/dp/1568331703/
http://www.amazon.com/amendment-that-refused-die/dp/0801957680/
"The Fourteenth Amendment: Equal Protection Under the Law [2002] by David L. Hudson, Jr.
http://www.amazon.com/Fourteenth-Amendment-Equal-Protection-Constitution/dp/0766019047/
http://www.archive.org/details/fourteenthamendm0000huds
"The Fourteenth Amendment and the Law of the Constitution [Oct 1, 2003] by Earl Maltz
http://www.amazon.com/Fourteenth-Amendment-Law-Constitution/dp/0890892326/
"Democracy Reborn: The Fourteenth Amendment and the Fight for Equal Rights in Post-Civil War America [Sep 4, 2007] by Garrett Epps
http://www.amazon.com/Democracy-Reborn-Fourteenth-Amendment-Post-Civil-ebook/dp/B00DXIOX36/
http://www.amazon.com/Democracy-Reborn-Fourteenth-Amendment-Post-Civil/dp/0805086633/
"A Look at the Thirteenth and Fourteenth Amendments: Slavery Abolished, Equal Protection Established [2008] by John Richard Conway
http://www.amazon.com/Look-Thirteenth-Fourteenth-Amendments-Constitution/dp/1598450700/ hc
"A look at the Thirteenth and Fourteenth Amendments : slavery abolished, equal protection established [2009] By: Conway, John Richard
http://www.archive.org/details/lookatthirteenth0000conw
"Securing Civil Rights: Freedmen, the Fourteenth Amendment, and the Right to Bear Arms, Updated Edition" [Mar 25, 2010] by Stephen P. Halbrook
http://www.amazon.com/Securing-Civil-Rights-Fourteenth-Amendment-ebook/dp/B09RZJTDT8/
http://www.amazon.com/Securing-Civil-Rights-Fourteenth-Amendment/dp/1598130382/
"Due Process Denied - Why the Fourteenth Amendment Never Became Part of the Constitution [Mar 7, 2011] by George Ritter
http://www.amazon.com/Due-Process-Denied-Fourteenth-Constitution-ebook/dp/B004R1Q1MY/
http://www.amazon.com/Due-Process-Denied-Fourteenth-Constitution/dp/1605633720/
"The Fourteenth Amendment: Historic Supreme Court Decisions (LandMark Case Law) [Apr 17, 2011] by U.S. Supreme Court
http://www.amazon.com/Fourteenth-Amendment-Historic-Decisions-LandMark-ebook/dp/B004X1UBNI/
"Infinite Hope and Finite Disappointment: The Story of the First Interpreters of the Fourteenth Amendment" [Sep 9, 2011] by Elizabeth Reilly
http://www.amazon.com/Infinite-Hope-Finite-Disappointment-Interpreters-ebook/dp/B00H7HGYUO/
http://www.amazon.com/Infinite-Hope-Finite-Disappointment-Interpreters/dp/1935603000/
"The Fourteenth Amendment: Historic Supreme Court Cases [Jun 8, 2012] by LandMark Publications
http://www.amazon.com/Fourteenth-Amendment-Historic-Supreme-Litigator-ebook/dp/B008A80D7E/
"The Adoption of the Fourteenth Amendment [Apr 18, 2013] by Horace Edgar Flack
http://www.amazon.com/Adoption-Fourteenth-Amendment-Horace-Edgar-ebook/dp/B006WOJWS4/
http://www.amazon.com/adoption-Fourteenth-amendment-Extra-XXVI/dp/B015DJV2OA/
http://www.amazon.com/Adoption-Fourteenth-Amendment-Horace-Edgar/dp/1015673732/
"Congress and the Fourteenth Amendment : enforcing liberty and equality in the states [2013] by Glidden, William B.
http://www.archive.org/details/congressfourteen0000glid
"Everyman's Constitution: Historical Essays on the Fourteenth Amendment, the "Conspiracy Theory," and American Constitutionalism"
[May 31, 2013] by Howard Jay Graham |
http://www.amazon.com/Everymans-Constitution-Historical-Fourteenth-Constitutionalism-ebook/dp/B00E8KE6GW/
http://www.amazon.com/Everymans-Constitution-Historical-Fourteenth-Constitutionalism/dp/0870206346/
"The Fourteenth Amendment and the Privileges and Immunities of American Citizenship" [Jan 7, 2015] by Kurt T. Lash
http://www.amazon.com/Fourteenth-Amendment-Privileges-Immunities-Citizenship-ebook/dp/B00I0UNDUG/
http://www.amazon.com/Fourteenth-Amendment-Privileges-Immunities-Citizenship/dp/1316507521
http://www.amazon.com/Fourteenth-Amendment-Privileges-Immunities-Citizenship/dp/1107023262/
"50 Facts You May Not Know About the 14th Amendment" [Sep 7, 2015] by J.D. Manchester
http://www.amazon.com/Facts-Know-About-14th-Amendment-ebook/dp/B0153SVB7O/
"American Founding Son: John Bingham and the Invention of the Fourteenth Amendment [Mar 15, 2016] by Gerard N. Magliocca
http://www.amazon.com/American-Founding-Son-Invention-Fourteenth-ebook/dp/B00DYVE8X2/
http://www.amazon.com/American-Founding-Son-Invention-Fourteenth/dp/1479819913/
http://www.amazon.com/American-Founding-Son-Invention-Fourteenth/dp/0814761453/
"Federal Constitutional Law (Volume 5): The Fourteenth Amendment [Dec 29, 2016] by Scott W. Gaylord, Christopher Green, et al. |
http://www.amazon.com/Federal-Constitutional-Law-Fourteenth-Amendment-ebook/dp/B06XYRGHZM/
http://www.amazon.com/Federal-Constitutional-Law-Fourteenth-Amendment/dp/1531002013/
"The 14th Amendment and the Incorporation Doctrine: [Jan 5, 2017] by David Benner
http://www.amazon.com/14th-Amendment-Incorporation-Doctrine-ebook/dp/B01N6VIB4U/
http://www.amazon.com/14th-Amendment-Incorporation-Doctrine/dp/0578189720/
"The Fourteenth Amendment In Its Intent For Education: And Their Words Come Tripping After" [Jul 27, 2017] by Robert Stuart
http://www.amazon.com/Fourteenth-Amendment-Its-Intent-Education-ebook/dp/B074CK7PF3/
http://www.amazon.com/Fourteenth-Amendment-Its-Intent-Education/dp/1548164909/
"Equality under the Constitution: Reclaiming the Fourteenth Amendment [Mar 15, 2018] by Judith A. Baer
http://www.amazon.com/Equality-under-Constitution-Reclaiming-Fourteenth-ebook/dp/B07BB3KJK1/
http://www.amazon.com/Equality-under-Constitution-Reclaiming-Fourteenth/dp/1501727753/
http://www.amazon.com/Equality-under-Constitution-Reclaiming-Fourteenth/dp/0801415551/
"Property Rights: From Magna Carta to the Fourteenth Amendment (Sexuality & Culture, Book 3) [Apr 24, 2018] by Bernard Siegan
http://www.amazon.com/Property-Rights-Fourteenth-Amendment-Sexuality-ebook/dp/B07CMH8GY1/
http://www.amazon.com/Property-Rights-Fourteenth-Amendment-Sexuality/dp/0765807556/
http://www.amazon.com/Property-Rights-Fourteenth-Amendment-Studies/dp/0765800578/
"The Second Founding: An Introduction to the Fourteenth Amendment [Nov 12, 2020] by Ilan Wurman
http://www.amazon.com/Second-Founding-Introduction-Fourteenth-Amendment-ebook/dp/B08L9MD7PN/
http://www.amazon.com/Second-Founding-Introduction-Fourteenth-Amendment/dp/1108823955/
http://www.amazon.com/Second-Founding-Introduction-Fourteenth-Amendment/dp/1108843158/
"The Original Meaning of the Fourteenth Amendment: Its Letter and Spirit" [Nov 2, 2021]
by Randy E. Barnett, Evan D. Bernick, et al
http://www.amazon.com/Original-Meaning-Fourteenth-Amendment-Letter-ebook/dp/B097RZYPSR/
http://www.amazon.com/Original-Meaning-Fourteenth-Amendment-Letter/dp/0674295536/
http://www.amazon.com/Original-Meaning-Fourteenth-Amendment-Letter/dp/0674257766/
http://www.archive.org/details/CSPAN2_20220829_193300_After_Words_Randy_Barnett_and_Evan_Bernick_The_Original_Meaning_of_the...
 | "XIV: How The Fourteenth Amendment Ate The Other Ten" [2023] by Ian Underwood 129-page Kindle Edition from Bare Minimum Books [2/2023] for $5.99 129-page Bare Minimum Books 7x5 pb [2/2023] for $9.99 | |
 | "The Debt Ceiling: 14th Amendment, Trillion Dollar Coin, and U.S. Debt Ceiling" [2023] by Abraham Adam connection to 14th Amendment is unclear, booklet included here because of the title 72-page Kindle Edition from indep [5/2023] for $4.20 70-page indep 9x6 pb [5/2023] for $5.00 |
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