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The meaning of the Equal Protection Clause has been the subject of much debate, and inspired the well-known phrase "Equal Justice Under Law". This clause was the basis for Brown v. Board of Education (1954), the Supreme Court decision that helped to dismantle racial segregation. The clause has also been the basis for Obergefell v.
The Equal Protection Clause requires each state to provide equal protection under the law to all people, including non-citizens, within its jurisdiction. This clause has been the basis for many decisions rejecting discrimination against people belonging to various groups. The second, third, and fourth sections of the amendment are seldom litigated.
The United States Constitution and its amendments comprise hundreds of clauses which outline the functioning of the United States Federal Government, the political relationship between the states and the national government, and affect how the United States federal court system interprets the law. When a particular clause becomes an important ...
The word "laws" is used by the Constitution with two different meanings, but "equal protection" is only meaningful when applied to one of those meanings. Two meanings of 'law' in Constitution ...
In U.S. constitutional law, rational basis review is the normal standard of review that courts apply when considering constitutional questions, including due process or equal protection questions under the Fifth Amendment or Fourteenth Amendment.
On March 22, Supreme Court nominee Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson answered questions from Sen. Mike Lee (R-Utah) on the high court’s role in interpreting the Equal Protection Clause in regards to race.
The state’s equal protection clause initially criminalized the denial of rights to people based on “race, color, creed or religion.” Prop. 1 expands New York’s version of the ERA to ...
Whereas incorporation applies the Bill of Rights to the states through the Equal Protection Clause and the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment, equality before the law is required under the laws of the federal government by the Due Process Clause of the Fifth Amendment. [41] For example, in Bolling v.