In the Slaughter-House cases, the Supreme Court held that the Fourteenth Amendment

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The Slaughter-House cases held that the Fourteenth Amendment was narrowly focused on prohibiting state infringements on the privileges and immunities of U.S. citizenship, rather than expanding individual rights under federal protection. The Court explicitly rejected the idea that the Amendment created a new, national citizenship separate from state citizenship.

In the Slaughter-House Cases, the Supreme Court Held That the Fourteenth