The equal protection clause of the 14th amendment prohibits states from denying "any person within it's jurisdiction the equal protection of the clause."

how does the language of the equal protection clause show intention to safeguard all groups' civil liberties

Question 2 A primary motivation for this clause was to validate the equality provisions contained in the Civil Rights Act of 1866, which guaranteed that all people would have rights equal to those of all citizens. As a whole, the Fourteenth Amendment marked a large shift in American constitutionalism, by applying substantially more constitutional restrictions against the states than had applied before the Civil War.

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