Section 14 Of The Constitution

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Section 14 of the constitution. Pretrial release and detention. 3 the composition of the government of the federation or any of its agencies and the conduct of its affairs shall be carried out in such a manner as to reflect the federal character of nigeria and the need to. Neither shall any person be eligible to that office who shall not have attained to the age of thirty five years and been fourteen years a resident within the united states.

United states constitution preamble. 1 the federal republic of nigeria shall be a state based on the principles of democracy and social justice. The fourteenth amendment addresses many aspects of citizenship and the rights of citizens.

Fourteenth amendment annotated section 1 all persons born or naturalized in the united states and subject to the jurisdiction thereof are citizens of the united states and of the state wherein they reside. Unless charged with a capital offense or an offense punishable by life imprisonment and the proof of guilt is evident or the presumption is great every person charged with a crime or violation of municipal or county ordinance shall be entitled to pretrial release on reasonable conditions. We the people of the united states in order to form a more perfect union establish justice insure domestic tranquility provide for the common defence promote the general welfare and secure the blessings of liberty to ourselves and our posterity do ordain and establish this constitution.

No person except a natural born citizen or a citizen of the united states at the time of the adoption of this constitution shall be eligible to the office of president. No state shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the. All persons born or naturalized in the united states and subject to the jurisdiction thereof are citizens of the united states and of the state wherein they reside.

Except as otherwise provided by this constitution the funds credit property or things of value of the state or of any political subdivision shall not be loaned pledged or donated to or for any person association or corporation public or private. The most commonly used and frequently litigated phrase in the amendment is equal protection of the laws which figures prominently in a wide variety of landmark cases including brown v. The government and the people.