The People of this State have the sole and exclusive right of regulating the internal government and police thereof, as a free, sovereign and independent State. (a) (1) That the Inhabitants of Maryland are entitled to the Common.The Fourteenth Amendment (Amendment XIV) to the United States Constitution was adopted on July 9, 1868, as one of the Reconstruction Amendments. Complete and attach this form to a complaint in a family case. We must look to see if the interest is within the Fourteenth Amendment's protection of liberty and property. "person" in the Fourteenth Amendment does not include the unborn. 30, 1866, Senate session, Democratic Senator Reverdy. Would the disqualification clause of the amendment not cover the top posts in the executive branch? But antiabortion advocates say there's a problem: The word "abortion" does not show up in the proposed amendment language. For instance, the Constitution guarantees due process of law, in the fifth and 14th amendments.