[RightWhale]

The Fourteenth Amendment made a lot of changes, some startling and not at all obvious from the actual words.

[tpaine]

The Fourteenth Amendment made a lot of changes,

Not really; - it simply reiterated that the US Constitution was our supreme law, -- "notwithstanding" anything in a State Constitution. [Art. VI]

some startling and not at all obvious from the actual words.

Examples?