Equal Protection Of The Law
n. the right of all persons to have the same access to the law and courts and to be treated equally by the law and courts, both in procedures and in the substance of the law.
Equal Protection of the Law: The guarantee in the Fourteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution that all persons be treated equally by the law.
EQUAL PROTECTION - The Constitution requires that the government and courts of a state be open and available to all persons under the same conditions with like rules of procedure and evidence.
Equal protection
Definition - Noun
: a guarantee under the Fourteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution that a state must treat an individual or class of individuals the same as it treats other individuals or classes in like circumstances ...
Equal Protection
The equal protection clause, which was also brought to bear on the economic legislation of the states, was held to invalidate restraints on corporations from which other businesses were exempted.
Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment (1868) - Executive Order 10925 (1961) - Civil Rights Act of 1964 - Executive Order 11246 (1965)
State initiatives ...
'ยง5 [of the 14th Amendment] does not grant Congress power to exercise discretion in the other direction and to enact 'statutes so as in effect to dilute equal protection and due process decisions of this Court.
Discrimination: The denial of equal protection of the laws; the failure to treat all people alike despite differences in race, color, creed, sex, or social position.
environmental equity : Equal protection from environmental hazards for individuals, groups, or communities regardless of race, ethnicity, or economic status.
One of the provisions of the XIVth Amendment is that no state shall deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws.
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 ...
suspect classifications - The Court will employ the "strict scrutiny" standard under the Equal Protection Clause in determining the legitimacy of classifications that are based upon a trait which itself seems to contravene established ...
 See also: Protection, State, Amend, Law, Amendment
  
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