The Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, ratified in 1868, prohibits state governments from denying citizens the "equal protection of the laws".
1868年批准的《美国宪法第十四修正案》禁止州政府剥夺公民享有“法律平等保护”的权利。
The treaty was ratified by all the member states.
这个条约得到了所有成员国的批准。
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The treaty was declared invalid because it had not been ratified.
