Answer the following statement(s) true (T) or false (F)

1. The Fourteenth Amendment is very brief.
2. The Reconstruction Amendments include the 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments.
3. The Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment bans all legal classifications and
distinctions among people.
4. Substantive due process prevents legislatures from infringing on the right of privacy.
5. Incorporation refers to the process of applying the Bill of Rights to the states.


1. False
2. True
3. False
4. True
5. True

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