The amendment included birthright citizenship, incorporating this protection from the Civil Rights Act of 1866, and then focused on the states. The Fourteenth Amendment addresses many aspects of citizenship and the rights of citizens.Among them was the Fourteenth Amendment, which prohibits the states from depriving "any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law. The 14th Amendment provides, in part, that no state can "deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws. On appeal, the Supreme Court expressed that the First Amendment applied to New York through the Due Process Clause of the 14th Amendment. Felons can lose the right to vote in some situations, but this is constitutionally permissible so long as these laws apply to all Americans equally. The Equal Protection Clause requires each state to provide equal protection under the law to all people, including non-citizens, within its jurisdiction. In order for the 14th Amendment to become the new law of the land, it would need more than a ratification—it would need Reconstruction. The Court invalidated the New York law. New Jersey Wil: Livingston.