The Fourteenth Amendment (Amendment XIV) to the United States Constitution was adopted on July 9, 1868, as one of the Reconstruction Amendments. In California the state courts had interpreted the state constitution to require school systems to eliminate both de jure and de facto segregation.The Fourth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution protects against arbitrary searches and seizures of people and their property, even in this expanded border area. Thereafter, in a series of decisions, the Court adhered to its conclusion that alienage was a suspect classification and voided a variety of restrictions. Corps permits are also necessary for any work, including construction and dredging, in the Nation's navigable waters. In Los Angeles Gas Co. v. Railroad Comm'n, 289 U.S. 287 (1933) and. Immigration Law Center, Los Angeles, California; Lourdes. We'll fill out this notion of "insufficient reason" in the coming weeks, that's the core doctrinal question in equal protection law. Permanent resident aliens80 living in Los Angeles County, California.