Which three amendments to the U.S. Constitution guaranteed equal protection under the law for all citizens?
13th, 14th and 15th Description: Amendment 13: (1865) Section 1. Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment forcrime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the United States, or any place subject to their jurisdiction. Section 2. Congress shall have power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation. What it means: Section 1: Slavery (except as a punishment to a crime, where the person is being convicted) can exist in the United States. Section 2: Congress may enforce this power. Amendment 14: (1868) Section 1. All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the state wherein they reside. No state shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor shall any state deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jur
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