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The Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, including the Citizenship Clause and the Equal Protection Clause, was ratified by the minimum required twenty-eight states.
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Supreme law of the U.S.
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Citizenship Clause
First sentence of the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution
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Equal Protection Clause
Guarantee of law protecting all persons equally in the US
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