The Due Process Clause provides that no states shall deprive any "person" of "life, liberty or property" without due process of law. Ratified in 1868, Congress and the courts have applied the 14th Amendment's Equal Protection Clause to many aspects of public life over the past 150 years.The 14th Amendment to the US Constitution provides that, with few discrete exceptions, people born in the United States are citizens of this country. A YES VOTE would eliminate the requirement that students pass the Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment System. The meaning is, that every citizen shall hold his life, liberty, property, and immunities, under the protection of the general rules which govern society.". Ostrander , 441 Mass. Table of Contents A. United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement Text – Chapters USMCA Protocol 0. Preamble. The proposed legislation directly contradicts the 14th Amendment guarantee that all people born in the US and under its jurisdiction are citizens of the US. Lawmakers drafted Section 3 of the 14th Amendment as a means to block former Confederate officers who were elected to office. The USMCA covers investor-state dispute settlement (ISDS) between U.S. investors and Mexico in chapter 14.