Notable examples of totalitarian states include Italy under Benito Mussolini (1922–43), the Soviet Union under Joseph Stalin (1924–53), Nazi Germany under Adolf Hitler (1933–45), the People's Republic of China under the influence of Mao Zedong (1949–76), and North Korea under the Kim dynasty (1948– )
The 14th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, ratified in 1868, granted citizenship to all persons born or naturalized in the United States including former enslaved people-and guaranteed all citizens “equal protection of the laws.”
The Supremacy Clause<span> is a </span>clause<span> within Article VI of the U.S. Constitution which dictates that federal law is the "supreme law of the land".</span>