Read the excerpt from the Fourteenth Amendment of the United States Constitution. The Congress shall have power to enforce, by appropriate legislation, the provisions of this article. This Fourteenth Amendment clause means that
Answer
A
Congress has the authority to make laws to apply the amendment.
B
all citizens will be subject to the same set of legal procedures.
C
Congress cannot do anything in relation to the Fourteenth Amendment.
D
all states have the authority to make laws to apply the amendment.
Explanation
The clause says Congress has the power to enforce the Fourteenth Amendment by passing appropriate legislation. In other words, Congress may make laws that help put the amendment’s provisions into effect. Choice A, “Congress has the authority to make laws to apply the amendment,” correctly restates this power.
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