Civil Rights ensure equal treatment under the law for everyone.
Further Explanation:-
The Civil rights of the United States are provided under the Equal Protection clause which was there in the fourteenth amendment of the United States constitution. This clause states that no person from any caste, creed, religion or region will be denied any right and will be within his or her jurisdiction to the equal protection of laws. The main reason behind this clause was to do the validation of the provisions which were there in the civil rights act. The meaning which is given in the equal protection clause has always been a topic of debate as a phrase, 'Equal Justice Under Law' is inspired in this clause.
Many historians believed that the 14th amendment was not made with an intention to provide social rights to the people and in fact, this was brought to force to solidify the constitutionality of the civil rights act of 1866. It has always been a popular interception among many historians that the fourteenth amendment was always meant to ensure that all citizens of the United States are treated equally.
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Answer details:
Grade – High School
Subject – Constitution
Chapter – Civil Rights
Keywords –Civil Rights, United States, Fourteenth Amendment, Solidify, Historians, Equal Protection, Interception, Equal Justice, Clause, Provision.
