Answer:
Explanation:
The 14th has 5 parts. Here is what they are.
1. All persons born in the United States or are Naturalized Citizens (born somewhere else, but have fulfilled the requirements of an American Citizen), have the rights of every citizen. All citizens have the right to property, life and law. All citizens will have the protection of the laws where they live.
2. Each state shall have representatives that count 1 person as 1 part of the of the way representatives are chosen. This is a very important part of the legislation. Before this law was put in place, the colored in some states made up 60% of a person. This part of the amendment prohibits that practice. The only exception is if a person has committed a crime, in which case he is not counted at all
3. This has to do with the choices of representatives and senators (those who have been in the civil war on the wrong side) are not elegible to become members of the house or the senate. However this clause can be waved by a vote of 2/3 of the house. I don't think this clause has anything to do with Brown vs. The Board of Education.
4. The right to pensions for those who have served in the army of the losers of the civil war shall have a right to pensions. They must never be questioned about their service to the confederacy. This too has nothing to do with Brown vs. The Board of Education.
5. This clause just says congress can pass laws that enforce the other 4 parts of 14.
Now you can look at Brown vs. The board of Education. The main thing you must keep in mind is Clause one. Are children being deprived of their equal rights because they are poor, black and a minority? You must base your answer on clause one. All citizens have the same rights. You must be very careful and thorough when you talk about the Constitution. America built her power on that document.
