Fourteenth Amendment

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United States constitutional law constitutional amendment

The Fourteenth Amendment is a key post–Civil War addition to the U.S. Constitution that guarantees citizenship, due process, and equal protection under the law, forming the foundation of many modern civil rights protections.

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All labels observed (24)

Label	Occurrences
Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution	273
Fourteenth Amendment canonical	35
Fourteenth Amendment Due Process Clause	3
Equal Protection Clause	2
Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment	2
Fourteenth Amendment rights	2
Section 1 of the Fourteenth Amendment	2
14th Amendment	1
Amendment XIV	1
Amendment XIV of the United States Constitution	1
Citizenship Clause	1
Citizenship Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution	1
Fourteenth Amendment (argued but not basis of holding)	1
Fourteenth Amendment (context of civil rights enforcement)	1
Fourteenth Amendment (referenced but not primary basis)	1
Fourteenth Amendment and substantive due process	1
Fourteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution	1
The Fourteenth Amendment does not guarantee women the right to vote	1
The Fourteenth Amendment prohibits states from requiring children to attend only public schools	1
U.S. Const. amend. XIV	1
U.S. Constitution Fourteenth Amendment	1
U.S. Constitution, Amendment XIV	1
U.S. Constitution, Fourteenth Amendment	1
United States Constitution Fourteenth Amendment	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T33154 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Fourteenth Amendment
Context triple: [Thirteenth Amendment, followedBy, Fourteenth Amendment]

A. Thirteenth Amendment
The Thirteenth Amendment is a landmark provision to the United States Constitution that formally abolished slavery and involuntary servitude throughout the country, except as punishment for a crime.
B. Twenty-second Amendment to the United States Constitution
The Twenty-second Amendment to the United States Constitution is the constitutional provision that limits individuals to being elected U.S. president no more than twice, thereby formalizing presidential term limits.
C. Full Faith and Credit Clause
The Full Faith and Credit Clause is a provision of the U.S. Constitution that requires states to recognize and honor the public acts, records, and judicial proceedings of other states.
D. United States Constitution
The United States Constitution is the supreme law of the United States that established the national framework of government, separated powers among branches, and protects fundamental rights through its articles and amendments.
E. Supremacy Clause
The Supremacy Clause is a provision in the U.S. Constitution that establishes federal law and the Constitution as the highest law of the land, overriding conflicting state laws.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Fourteenth Amendment
Target entity description: The Fourteenth Amendment is a key post–Civil War addition to the U.S. Constitution that guarantees citizenship, due process, and equal protection under the law, forming the foundation of many modern civil rights protections.

A. Thirteenth Amendment
The Thirteenth Amendment is a landmark provision to the United States Constitution that formally abolished slavery and involuntary servitude throughout the country, except as punishment for a crime.
B. Twenty-second Amendment to the United States Constitution
The Twenty-second Amendment to the United States Constitution is the constitutional provision that limits individuals to being elected U.S. president no more than twice, thereby formalizing presidential term limits.
C. Full Faith and Credit Clause
The Full Faith and Credit Clause is a provision of the U.S. Constitution that requires states to recognize and honor the public acts, records, and judicial proceedings of other states.
D. United States Constitution
The United States Constitution is the supreme law of the United States that established the national framework of government, separated powers among branches, and protects fundamental rights through its articles and amendments.
E. Supremacy Clause
The Supremacy Clause is a provision in the U.S. Constitution that establishes federal law and the Constitution as the highest law of the land, overriding conflicting state laws.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (51)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	United States constitutional law ⓘ constitutional amendment ⓘ
adoptedAfter	American Civil War ⓘ
aimedAt	protecting rights of formerly enslaved people ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	14th Amendment ⓘ linked to: Fourteenth Amendment Amendment XIV ⓘ linked to: Fourteenth Amendment
appliesTo	states ⓘ
belongsTo	Reconstruction Amendments ⓘ
containsClause	Citizenship Clause ⓘ linked to: Fourteenth Amendment Due Process Clause ⓘ Enforcement Clause ⓘ Equal Protection Clause ⓘ Privileges or Immunities Clause ⓘ linked to: Privileges and Immunities Clause
country	United States of America ⓘ
effectiveDate	1868-07-28 ⓘ
empowers	United States Congress ⓘ
empowersFor	enforcement by appropriate legislation ⓘ
followedBy	Fifteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution ⓘ
follows	Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution ⓘ linked to: Thirteenth Amendment
guarantees	birthright citizenship ⓘ due process of law ⓘ equal protection of the laws ⓘ
historicalPeriod	Reconstruction era ⓘ
keyCase	Brown v. Board of Education ⓘ Bush v. Gore ⓘ Gideon v. Wainwright ⓘ Gitlow v. New York ⓘ Loving v. Virginia ⓘ Mapp v. Ohio ⓘ Miranda v. Arizona ⓘ Obergefell v. Hodges ⓘ Plessy v. Ferguson ⓘ linked to: Plessy v. Ferguson (1896) Regents of the University of California v. Bakke ⓘ Roe v. Wade ⓘ Shelby County v. Holder ⓘ
legalDoctrine	incorporation of the Bill of Rights ⓘ
limits	state governments ⓘ
locatedInLegalDocument	Constitution of the United States, Article V amendments ⓘ linked to: United States Constitution
partOf	United States Constitution ⓘ
proposedBy	United States Congress ⓘ
proposedOn	1866-06-13 ⓘ
ratifiedOn	1868-07-09 ⓘ
relatedTo	Fifteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution ⓘ Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution ⓘ linked to: Thirteenth Amendment
sectionCount	5 ⓘ
subjectMatter	citizenship law ⓘ civil rights ⓘ equal protection jurisprudence ⓘ procedural due process ⓘ substantive due process ⓘ
usedFor	selective incorporation of federal rights against the states ⓘ

How these facts were elicited