The Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution provides in part that no state shall "deprive any person of life, liberty, or property without the due process of law," nor ______.
A. "deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws"
B. "establish a religion"
C. "deprive any citizen of the right to free speech on account of that citizen's former status as a slave"
D. "remove any citizen from the armed forces based on that citizen's race or religion"
Answer: A
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