What If We Had Fourteenth Amendment People?

 What If We Had Fourteenth Amendment People?


https://www.policylink.org/resources/commentaries/what-if-we-had-fourteenth-amendment-people 

The idea of Fourteenth Amendment people—people who live out and defend the nation’s commitment to equal protection— offers a powerful possibility for collective identity and solidarity. Such a movement would not be built around a single issue, but around a shared belief that a democracy’s legitimacy rests on its ability to treat every person fairly and with dignity. Where other movements focus on individual liberties, a Fourteenth Amendment movement would focus on collective belonging, and the idea that the nation thrives only when its institutions protect and serve all of its people. Fourteenth Amendment people would stand in solidarity around the right to live in a nation that governs for all—where all can participate, prosper, and reach their full potential.


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