The legislatures shall provide practical and effective means to exercise these rights. To be Treated Equally by the Government 1. An explicit purpose of laws shall be equality of benefit, disadvantage, or restriction among all citizens, and among all organizations of a type, and not the unequal benefit or harm of any special citizens, or class of citizen or organization. Special laws for the relief of a present specific injustice may name persons to be immediately aided, but only as examples of the principle of justice being established as law. No law or inquiry or taxation may discriminate against or benefit persons by reason of their lawful thoughts and purposes.
Government stake All governments have a stake in the protection of their constituents.
The rightful, law-abiding beneficiaries of a law shall not be deprived of their equal share of that benefit for the purpose of punishing or coercing officials or other persons thought to be in some way delinquent. The Congress may authorize Presidential issuance of emergency orders only for limited times and for specifically defined purposes and occasions. Such emergency authorizations may be withdrawn in whole or in part at any time by the President or by resolution of both Houses of the Congress. All standing emergency executive orders and authorizations shall be void two years after the ratification of this amendment.