Answer: c. is entitled to receive the same treatment under the law
Explanation:
The United States was founded on the notion that everyone in the United States would be equally protected under the law which was different from the aristocratic societies of Europe where some people had more rights than others.
After the Civil War, this notion was ingrained in the 14th Amendment to the Constitution thereby making it wholly Unconstitutional to treat people with unequal status under American law.