Equal protection forces a state to govern impartiallynot draw distinctions between individuals solely on differences that are irrelevant to a legitimate governmental objective. Finally, it granted Congress the power to enforce this amendment, a provision that led to the passage of other landmark legislation in the 20th century, including the Civil Rights Act of 1964, and the Voting Rights Act of 1965. The Fourteenth Amendment's Equal Protection Clause requires states to practice equal protection. The amendment prohibited former Confederate states from repaying war debts and compensating former slave owners for the emancipation of their enslaved people. The Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment prevents the government from discriminating against citizens in certain. It banned those who “engaged in insurrection” against the United States from holding any civil, military, or elected office without the approval of two-thirds of the House and Senate. National studies show that homosexuals are the victims of more hate crimes today than any other minority. It simply is not true that gay persons have not been the target of widespread hostility and discrimination. The amendment authorized the government to punish states that abridged citizens’ right to vote by proportionally reducing their representation in Congress. The difficulty was that Court decisions on the right to vote, the right to travel, the right to procreate, as well as other rights, premise the constitutional violation to be of the Equal Protection Clause, which does not itself guarantee the right but prevents the differential governmental treatment of those attempting to exercise the right. Therefore, the amendment clearly violates the 14th Amendments equal protection clause. It has been cited in a wide variety of court cases, including Brown v. This mandates that no state shall deny to any person within its jurisdiction. The Equal Protection Clause of the 14th Amendment ensures that all Americans receive equal protection under the Constitution. Passed by the Senate on June 8, 1866, and ratified two years later, on July 9, 1868, the Fourteenth Amendment granted citizenship to all persons "born or naturalized in the United States," including formerly enslaved people, and provided all citizens with “equal protection under the laws,” extending the provisions of the Bill of Rights to the states. In addition, the Fourteenth Amendment contains the equal protection clause.
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