Citizenship, due process and equal protection
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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 ; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the .
Proposal and ratification: The fourteenth amendment to the Constitution of the United States was proposed to the legislatures of the several States by the Thirty-ninth Congress, on the 13th of June, 1866. It was declared, in a certificate of the Secretary of State dated July 28, 1868 to have been ratified by the legislatures of 28 of the 37 States. was completed on July 9, 1868.
Simplified explanation
All persons born or naturalized in the United States and subject to its jurisdiction are citizens. No State shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens, deprive any person of life, liberty, or property without due process of law, or deny any person the equal protection of the laws.