The 14th Amendment provides, in part, that no state can "deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws. Since the ratification of the Fourteenth Amendment in 1868, Americans have been guaranteed equal protection under the law.Rights, privileges and franchise secured; power of legislature to dispense with primary elections in certain cases. The Fourteenth Amendment, the most litigated and arguably important amendment to the U.S. Constitution, was drafted during. Trials, more than 450 years before the ratification of the. Constitution, and nearly 550 years before the adoption of the Fourteenth Amendment. It also protects against unequal treatment based on reproductive healthcare and autonomy. The Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment is exactly like a similar provision in the Fifth Amendment, which only restricts the federal government. Michael Rubens Bloomberg (born February 14, 1942) is an American businessman and politician. Such an amendment should also put the people in the Legislature under the authority of the ethics watchdog.