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  No State shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the '''privileges or immunities''' of citizens of the United States; nor shall any State deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without '''due process of law'''; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the '''equal protection''' of the laws.
  No State shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the '''privileges or immunities''' of citizens of the United States; nor shall any State deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without '''due process of law'''; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the '''equal protection''' of the laws.


==='''privileges or immunities'''===
=== privileges or immunities ===
 
* = protects the rights and protections of citizens  
* = protects the rights and protections of citizens  
** was intended to protect BOR protections (Amendments 1-8) from state law
** was intended to protect BOR protections (Amendments 1-8) from state law