The Equal Protection clause is the last part of the Fourteenth Amendment of the Constitution of the USA. The full amendment reads:
"All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside. No State shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor shall any State deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws."
All these rulings have actually had the effect of reinforcing the legal protections of very different minority groups (Hispanics, women, LGBTs). The SCOTUS has ruled that these protections apply both a the federal and the state level since according to the Constitution all states must ensure equal protection of the laws for all citizens born or naturalized in the United States. The court clearly considers these issues as relevant to everyday citizens.
Therefore, the correct answer is D. It has interpreted equal protection as applying to different groups of people.
Answer:
A). Lincoln was anti-slavery and Florida voters feared he would start a war to prevent the practice of owning enslaved persons.
Explanation:
The key reason for Florida considering Lincoln(who was the president at the time) as a threat was '<u>Lincoln's anti-slavery attitude which made the voters of Florida fear that he might move to the extent of beginning a battle for the rights of slaved and against the ones who own them</u>.' He even says, 'if slavery is not wrong, nothing is wrong.' Since Lincoln believed in leading the nation with morality, ethics, and constitution, this made Florida to think twice that his abolitionist attitude may pose a threat to them. Thus, <u>option A</u> is the correct answer.
Answer:
The Declaration listed the colonists' thoughts about freedom and government and outlined the reasons why they thought the British were being unfair. Think of the Declaration of Independence as a letter to the British explaining that the colonies wanted to be 'free agents' and form their own team.
The british were arming them and the americans were stealing their land
