Without explanation, the amendment deletes the guarantee of a "uniform and general system of public schools. With substantive due process, the 14th Amendment protects a parent's right to direct the educational upbringing of their child.The Due Process Clause provides that no states shall deprive any "person" of "life, liberty or property" without due process of law. More in The Constitution. The Fourteenth Amendment (Amendment XIV) to the United States Constitution was adopted on July 9, 1868, as one of the Reconstruction Amendments. How did gay and lesbian relationships go so quickly from being subject to criminal prohibition to being eligible for marriage? To vote against a proposed constitutional amendment, fill in the oval next to the word "No" on that question. In the landmark decision in Near v. Minnesota, 283 US 697 (1931), the Supreme Court fashioned the First Amendment doctrine opposing prior restraint. Professor McConnell points out, the Fourteenth Amendment was not at is- sue.