Every subject has a right to be secure from all unreasonable searches, and seizures, of his person, his houses, his papers, and all his possessions. The meaning is, that every citizen shall hold his life, liberty, property, and immunities, under the protection of the general rules which govern society.".The 14th Amendment to the US Constitution provides that, with few discrete exceptions, people born in the United States are citizens of this country. The Due Process Clause provides that no states shall deprive any "person" of "life, liberty or property" without due process of law. State laws that separate same-sex and opposite-sex marriages violate the equal protection clause of the Fourteenth Amendment. More in The Constitution. We must look to see if the interest is within the Fourteenth Amendment's protection of liberty and property. Jones, 14 Mass. App. The IEP Team should consider areas of concern that may impact the student's progress in education.