Article XIV Miscellaneous Section 1. Section 3 Disqualification from Holding Office.The legislative power of the State shall be vested in the General Assembly, which shall consist of a Senate and a House of Representatives. Sec. 2. The citizenship clause overturned the Dred Scott decision and ensured that everyone born or naturalized in the United States was a citizen. Among them was the Fourteenth Amendment, which prohibits the states from depriving "any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law. North Carolina ballots will include a ballot measure to change the wording of the state constitution to state that only citizens may vote in elections. Among them was the Fourteenth Amendment, which prohibits the states from depriving "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. Amendment 14: Section 3 no citizen can become a member of the government if they took part in the rebellion. It included provisions to protect men's right to vote while abridging the rights of former Confederates.