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The Fourteenth Amendment Rights
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The Fourteenth Amendment Rights
The United States Constitution guarantees equal protection of the law. The
constitution, under the Fourteenth Amendment, commands that “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 jurisdiction the equal protection of the law.” This
law is unambiguous on the equal protection of the law within the jurisdiction and territory of
the United States. However, this is not always the case. In the United States, there are people
from some racial groups that are more likely to be arrested by the police than others. Palamar
et al. (2015) indicate that in spite of the interventions that have been advanced to protect all
individuals, blacks and other minority communities are still more likely to face arrests than
people from other racial groups. This reality is a demonstration that equal protection of the
law is still not a guaranteed right in the United States.
All humans are in control of their actions and must be held responsible for them. The
assumption is that all humans are rational actors and that they need to evaluate the
consequences of their actions before doing anything. The Bible makes it clear that it is
important to have the right people to administer justice such as judges. Selecting the right
people makes sure that there is no miscarriage of justice as was likely to happen in the contest
involving the two women in 1 Kings 3:16-28 had the judge not been wise.
I have a Biblical Worldview. The worldview is justice needs to shield the vulnerable
members of society. While it is necessary for all people to be considered to be equal before
the law, however, there are people who are more vulnerable than others and their welfare
needs to be more protected than others. The reality is that some of these people are so weak
that they cannot enforce their rights but the strong and influential members of society always
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have a way of fighting and enforcing their rights. Besides, these strong and influential
persons are always capable of influencing the justice systems to their advantage.
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References
Palamar, J. J., Davies, S., Ompad, D. C., Cleland, C. M., & Weitzman, M. (2015). Powder
cocaine and crack use in the United States: An examination of risk for arrest and
socioeconomic disparities in use.?Drug and alcohol dependence,?149, 108-116.
