With substantive due process, the 14th Amendment protects a parent's right to direct the educational upbringing of their child. Check out these resources from a variety of CRN partners on landmark Supreme Courts cases, equal protection and the history of the 14th Amendment.The Due Process Clause provides that no states shall deprive any "person" of "life, liberty or property" without due process of law. The 14th Amendment redefined American citizenship and fundamentally altered the relationship between the states and the Federal government. The Equal Protection Clause is part of the first section of the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution. Those interests find direct protection in the history and text of the Thirteenth. Professor McConnell points out, the Fourteenth Amendment was not at is- sue. This protects teachers from being discriminated against based on factors such as national origin, sex, or race. Continued education as to the liberties we all hold so dear. Fourteenth Amendment, Equal Protection Clause.