Amend. XIV, § 5
Power to enforce the Fourteenth Amendment
Power
Equality & Citizenship
Amend. XI–XXVII · Later Amendments
Official text rightpowerlimitif conditionlegal term
The Congress shall have power to enforce, by appropriate legislation, the provisions of this article.
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
Congress has power to enforce the provisions of this article by appropriate legislation.