Desiring to amend the Agreement between the United States of America, the United Mexican States, and Canada, done at Buenos Aires, on November 30, 2018. 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.The Fourteenth Amendment (Amendment XIV) to the United States Constitution was adopted on July 9, 1868, as one of the Reconstruction Amendments. TABLE OF CONTENTS. Page. We must look to see if the interest is within the Fourteenth Amendment's protection of liberty and property. If utilities are not included, find out how much they will cost before signing the agreement. Some legal scholars have suggested Section 3 could be applied to the former president using the same arguments as in the Reconstruction Era. If utilities are not included, find out how much they will cost before signing the agreement. Amendment to the EAR published in the Federal. Members of Congress;; Federal, state, or local law enforcement agencies.