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14th Amendment Pros And Cons

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There are always certain issues they may arise when going over the Constitution of the United States, we can find matters that can be outdated, or times have changed a bit as years go by. The 14th Amendment was not initially about education but it did have quite an impact when the Supreme Court addressed the “Brown v. Board of Education” (1954) case declaring school segregation is illegal. The 14th Amendment makes it clear it prevents,” any persons within its jurisdiction of the equal protection of the laws.” That all American citizen must be treated equally by law which we had become aware of but with Plyer v. Doe, 457 U.S. 202 (1982) it became apparent that with the equal protection clause and the 14th Amendment this applied to everyone, citizens, strangers, that resided within the states boundaries. …show more content…

Added on to this amendment should be all persons residing in the United States are not allowed to drop from school without obtaining a GED, if anyone has a difficult time in schooling special sessions should be provided for them to be able to at least learn the basics. So many people are out there with no education what so ever because they have had to take care of families, or could not pass and it now prevents them from getting a decent job. College students should be able to go to college free if they have a certain GPA average or at least pay partial of their schooling. Students are left with such a substantial debt that hurts them before their future even begins, this even often causes parents to be in more debt. Another part that should be added on is the Common Core

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