The quote 'nor shall any State deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law' appears in which amendment?

• A. Fifth Amendment
• B. Third Amendment
• C. Fourteenth Amendment
• D. Second Amendment

Answer: (C)

The phrase uses the word “State,” which signals protection against state action, not just federal action. That places it in the Fourteenth Amendment, whose due process clause applies constitutional safeguards to state governments. While a nearly identical idea appears in the Fifth Amendment for the federal government, the reference to the State shows this is about the Fourteenth Amendment. The Fourteenth Amendment was ratified after the Civil War to ensure that state governments respect life, liberty, and property with due process, and it also serves as the vehicle for incorporating most protections of the Bill of Rights to the states.