The Fourteenth Amendment addresses many aspects of citizenship and the rights of citizens. FindLaw explains the history of the Fourteenth Amendment's disqualification clause and the debates over its application.SEPARATION OF POWERS The legislative, executive and judicial branches are separate. Rule Title Amendment of Pleadings and Process in the Reviewing Courts. Amended June 22, 2017, eff. An Illinois judge on Wednesday ruled that Section 3 of the 14th Amendment bars Trump from the 2024 Republican primary ballot. The Equal Protection Clause requires each state to provide equal protection under the law to all people, including non-citizens, within its jurisdiction. In 1873, the Supreme Court decided its first major cases interpreting the Fourteenth Amendment—The Slaughter-House Cases and Bradwell v. Illinois. The Equal Protection Clause requires each state to provide equal protection under the law to all people, including non-citizens, within its jurisdiction. The high court ruled states don't have the authority to disqualify federal candidates from the ballot based on the 14th Amendment's insurrection clause.