(f) The Convention shall prepare such revision of or amendments to the Constitution as it deems necessary. The 14th Amendment provides, in part, that no state can "deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws.In 1873, the Supreme Court decided its first major cases interpreting the Fourteenth Amendment—The Slaughter-House Cases and Bradwell v. Illinois. Proposes to amend the Suffrage and Elections Article of the Illinois Constitution. Excessive bail shall not be required, nor excessive fines imposed, nor cruel and unusual punishments inflicted. Amendment IX (1791). Proposes to amend the Suffrage and Elections Article of the Illinois Constitution. The Illinois Constitution was adopted in a convention on Sept. An Illinois judge on Wednesday ruled that Section 3 of the 14th Amendment bars Trump from the 2024 Republican primary ballot.