king: "born equal with equal protection under the law", has absolutely nothing to do with the bill of rights...sounds like you may be mixing in a little bit of the declaration of independence and one part of the 14th amendment.

following is link to a definition of the bill of rights, aka the first ten amendments to the federal constitution:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Bill_of_Rights

and here is my favorite part from the above link:

Originally the Bill of Rights applied only to the federal government. The door for their application upon state governments was opened in the 1860s, following ratification of the Fourteenth Amendment. Since the early 20th century both federal and state courts have used the Fourteenth Amendment to apply portions of the Bill of Rights to state and local governments. The process is known as incorporation.[2]



Last edited by ed good; 06/25/16 07:04 PM.
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