The Fourteenth Amendment's equal protection clause was enacted to ensure that all people have the same right within the law regardless of where they came from or the color of their skin.
This later on lead to the principle, that Even Government officials will have to be subjected to law just as ordinary citizen do. Which lead to the creation of check and balance system
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The students who marched at Selma were better prepared in a
sense that unlike their adult counterparts, they were already briefed on what
to expect when this march began. Youth
was also their biggest asset as they were energized and determined to promote the
civil rights movement in the South. Even before the march, they were already
veterans of other movements for equal rights.
