The Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution formally extended equal protection under the law to the national government.

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The Fourteenth Amendment, ratified in 1868, primarily extended equal protection under the law to all citizens at the state level, not specifically to the national government. It was designed to protect the rights of newly freed slaves by prohibiting states from denying any person "the equal protection of the laws."

The Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution Formally Extended Equal Protection