The Fourteenth Amendment's equal protection clause
A) is of importance to interstate relations
B) is of no importance to interstate relations
C)allows a state to discriminate against nonresidents in all contexts
D)applies only to the federal government

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The Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment prohibits states from denying any person within their jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws. This means that states cannot discriminate against nonresidents in any context.

The Fourteenth Amendment's Equal Protection Clause