The Due Process Clause provides that no states shall deprive any "person" of "life, liberty or property" without due process of law. A majority yes vote is necessary for the amendment to pass.Forms and applications for general courts, protection orders and garnishment. We'll fill out this notion of "insufficient reason" in the coming weeks, that's the core doctrinal question in equal protection law. We must look to see if the interest is within the Fourteenth Amendment's protection of liberty and property. Selection process as described in detail in the Amendment. It's normally housed in an archival box and a shadowfilled room, but it was brought out for this occasion. The Fourteenth Amendment (Amendment XIV) to the United States Constitution was adopted on July 9, 1868, as one of the Reconstruction Amendments. Statesanctioned segregation of public schools was a violation of the 14th amendment and was therefore unconstitutional. CLEVELAND, Ohio In the massive lastminute lameduck bill that passed just before the holidays, Gov.