The Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution Provides That U

Multiple Choice

The Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution provides that U.S. citizens are citizens of the United States before they are citizens of the states in which they reside, and therefore no state law can invalidate or take priority over a federal law or constitutional right. The formal name for this provision is

A) the establishment clause
B) separation of church and state
C) stare decisis
D) equal protection clause
E) Blackstonian Doctrine