It is one of the newest state constitutions in the United States and is the 10th Constitution of the State of Georgia, replacing the previous 1976 Constitution. In the summer of 1868, Georgia's General Assembly finally ratified the Fourteenth Amendment.Nine days after that action, federal troops were withdrawn. In the summer of 1868, Georgia's General Assembly finally ratified the Fourteenth Amendment. Nine days after that action, federal troops were withdrawn. In 1957, the Georgia General Assembly passed a resolution asking the United States to declare the 14th and 15th Amendments to the Constitution null and void. One of the purposes of the Fourteenth Amendment was to provide federal protection of individual rights against the states. Protection to person and property is the paramount duty of government and shall be impartial and complete. The amendment's first section includes the Citizenship Clause, Privileges or Immunities Clause, Due Process Clause, and Equal Protection Clause. Polls show most Americans support this broader reading of the Constitution.