When the system becomes the vice

The impact of the Fourteenth Amendment on American democracy cannot be overstated. In 1868, it established protections for newly freed slaves and gave them the right to vote. It guarantees equal protection and due process, safeguarding against laws which interfere with fundamental liberties. This amendment was used to argue landmark cases such as Brown v. Board of Education, Roe v. Wade, and Obergefell v. Hodges, which recently legalized gay marriage.