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 Fourteenth Amendment made all native-born men and women citizens and guaranteed them equal protection under the law.The Due Process Clause provides that no states shall deprive any "person" of "life, liberty or property" without due process of law. Section Five of the Fourteenth Amendment vests Congress with the authority to adopt "appropriate" legislation to enforce the other parts of the Amendment. State legislative positions, and local offices. First Amendment and imbedded in the Fourteenth. 3 (1949); Joseph M. Snee, Religious Disestablishment and the Fourteenth. Expansion of regional information sharing system to facilitate Federal-State-local law enforcement response related to terrorist attacks. Held local office in a Confederate state. 31, 2024, USCIS published a final rule that, for the first time since 2016, adjusts certain immigration and naturalization benefit request fees.