Another of the Supreme Court’s most consequential decisions relying on the 14th Amendment was when Clarence Earl Gideon got his day in court in 1963. Gideon v. Wainwright guarantees citizens the provision of legal counsel. When the court determined that the Sixth Amendment guarantee of legal counsel is a fundamental civil right, the 14th Amendment’s Due Process clause mandated that this be applied to the states. For more on Gideon and how its ramifications are felt today, read the ABA Journal’s January 2017 feature on indigent defense.