[FITZ]

"nor shall any state deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws."

It's stretching things very very far to think this means they entitled to obtain any job they wish for whatever reason they might have. It means they have rights not to be murdered, robbed, and they have certain rights when arrested.

[error99]

"...No State shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor shall any State deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws..."

Here is an odd thought ... The 14th ammendment says that NO STATE SHALL...(an attempt to mend some of the legal issues from the War between the States).
But it does not say that the FEDS can't do it, just that the STATES can't do it...
Just a stray thought wandering around in my brain...