COUNTIES - CITIES AND TOWNS - CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS - DEBT - TAXATION - INDEBTEDNESS AND TAXATION OF COMBINED CITY AND COUNTY MUNICIPAL CORPORATION. The Fourteenth Amendment addresses many aspects of citizenship and the rights of citizens.The people have amended the Washington State Constitution 109 times. A clause in the 14th Amendment is being cautiously considered as a possible emergency fix as the US economy hurtles toward the looming threat of default. The Fifth Amendment, however, applies only against the federal government. Below you will find a list of all constitutional amendments that have appeared on the ballot since 1892 in the State of Washington. The Fourteenth Amendment (Amendment XIV) to the United States Constitution was adopted on July 9, 1868, as one of the Reconstruction Amendments. With negotiations over the debt ceiling stalling, some lawmakers are pushing President Biden to invoke the 14th Amendment.