The following are excerpts from the Fifth and Fourteenth Amendments to the U. S. Constitution.
Fifth Amendment
No person shall be . . . deprived of life, liberty, or property, without due
process of law. . . .
Fourteenth Amendment
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.
—U. S. Constitution
Based on the excerpt, which of the following conclusions is accurate?
A The Fourteenth Amendment applies to all Americans; the Fifth Amendment
had applied only to white landowners.
B The meaning of due process changed over the years; the Fourteenth
Amendment defined it more clearly.
C The Fourteenth Amendment prevents states from denying due process;
the Fifth Amendment had been applied only to the national government.
D The Supreme Court had ruled that the due process clause of the Fifth
Amendment was unconstitutional, so the clause needed to be
reintroduced into the Constitution.