Center For Civic Education
60 Second Civics: Equal Protection of the Laws
An early Supreme Court decision in the case of Strauder v. West Virginia (1880) concluded that West Virginia violated the equal protection of the law rights in the Fourteenth Amendment.
Center For Civic Education
60 Second Civics: Equal Protection: Strict Scrutiny
Laws that can potentially violate a person's equal protection under the laws are the subject of strict judicial scrutiny by the courts.
Center For Civic Education
60 Second Civics: Equal Protection and the States
The due process clause in the Fifth Amendment can be invoked if the parties feel they have not been given equal protection under the laws, and want to mount a court challenge against the national government.
Center For Civic Education
60 Second Civics: Woman Suffrage: Part 2
Leaders in the women's suffragette movement tried to win the right to vote with the passing of the 14th Amendment, but were denied it.
Center For Civic Education
60 Second Civics: Native Americans and Voting: Part 2
Even with the passing of the Fourteenth Amendment, Native Americans were not recognized as full citizens of the United States, so still could not vote.
Annenberg Foundation
Annenberg Classroom: One Person, One Vote Video
In this documentary, Justices Sandra Day O'Connor and Stephen G. Breyer and other experts discuss how the principle of one person, one vote emerged from a series of landmark decisions in the 1960s, including Baker v. Carr and Reynolds v....
Crash Course
Crash Course Government and Politics #29: Equal Protection
Crash Course video in which Craig Benzine discusses civil rights, civil liberties and the importance of the 14th Amendment's and the Equal Protection Clause. [8:15]
Center For Civic Education
60 Second Civics: Bill of Rights Pt. 23: Incorporation
The passage of the Bill of Rights had little impact on most people. In 1833, the Supreme Court ruled that it applied only to the federal government. The provisions in the Bill of Rights were incorporated later through the 14th Amendment...
Center For Civic Education
60 Second Civics: Citizenship Pt. 14: Fourteenth Amendment Defines Citizenship
This podcast episode examines how the Fourteenth Amendment defines national citizenship.