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.In the wake of the war, the Congress submitted, and the States ratified, the Thirteenth. The Due Process Clause provides that no states shall deprive any "person" of "life, liberty or property" without due process of law. Third, Section Three vested the authority to grant absolution in Congress rather than in the President. It can perhaps be said that the Equal Protection Clause is at the core of the 14th Amendment. Fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution.'"79. Fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution.'"79. The justices explained that the 14th Amendment was intended to expand the federal government's power at the states' expense. ESTRIN: And how practically could that work?