The Fourteenth Amendment made all native-born men and women citizens and guaranteed them equal protection under the law. 1 In the wake of the war, the.Rights, and Fourteenth Amendment, 66 TEMPLE L. REV. A conversation between Evan Bernick and Randy Barnett on their book "Original Meaning of the 14th Amendment. He knew the people who wrote the Fourteenth Amendment. The United States Constitution applies to the United States of America, meaning it applies to any and all citizens. He knew the people who wrote the Fourteenth Amendment. It was ratified two years later, on July 9, 1868. Today, the Fourteenth Amendment is just as integral to the protection of our multiracial democracy as it was in the wake of the Civil War. The United States Constitution applies to the United States of America, meaning it applies to any and all citizens.