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What (who) is equal protection of the law - definition

GUARANTEE OF LAW PROTECTING ALL PERSONS EQUALLY IN THE UNITED STATES
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  • Congressman [[John Bingham]] of [[Ohio]] was the principal framer of the Equal Protection Clause.
  • Justice John Marshall Harlan II sought to interpret the Equal Protection Clause in the context of Section 2 of the same amendment
  • The Court that decided ''Brown''

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. It is akin to the right to due process of law, but in particular applies to equal treatment as an element of fundamental fairness. The most famous case on the subject is Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka (1954) in which Chief Justice Earl Warren, for a unanimous Supreme Court, ruled that "separate but equal" educational facilities for blacks were inherently unequal and unconstitutional since the segregated school system did not give all students equal rights under the law. It will also apply to other inequalities such as differentials in pay for the same work or unequal taxation. The principle is stated in the 14th Amendment to the Constitution: "No State shall:deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws." See also: due process of law
Equal Protection Clause         
The Equal Protection Clause is part of the first section of the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution. The clause, which took effect in 1868, provides "nor shall any State ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Equal_Protection_Clause
Equality before the law         
  • Sir George Arthur]] to [[Indigenous Tasmanians]], purporting to show the equality of white and black before the law
  • Statue of Equality in Paris as an allegory of equality
PRINCIPLE THAT EACH INDIVIDUAL MUST BE TREATED EQUALLY BY THE LAW WITHOUT DISCRIMINATION OR PRIVILEGES BY THE GOVERNMENT
Democratic egalitarianism; One law for all; Equality under the law; Equality under law; Legal egalitarianism; Equal before the law; Equality of all citizens before the law; Legal equality; Right to equality before the law; Equality before law; Equal terms; Equality in the eyes of the law; All are equal in the eyes of the law; All are equal in the eyes of law; Right to equality; Judicial equality; Equal rights before the law; Equality of rights
Equality before the law, also known as equality under the law, equality in the eyes of the law, legal equality, or legal egalitarianism, is the principle that all people must be equally protected by the law. The principle requires a systematic rule of law that observes due process to provide equal justice, and requires equal protection ensuring that no individual nor group of individuals be privileged over others by the law.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Equality_before_the_law

Wikipedia

Equal Protection Clause

The Equal Protection Clause is part of the first section of the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution. The clause, which took effect in 1868, provides "nor shall any State ... deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws." It mandates that individuals in similar situations be treated equally by the law.

A primary motivation for this clause was to validate the equality provisions contained in the Civil Rights Act of 1866, which guaranteed that all citizens would have the guaranteed right to equal protection by law. As a whole, the Fourteenth Amendment marked a large shift in American constitutionalism, by applying substantially more constitutional restrictions against the states than had applied before the Civil War.

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. Hodges which legalized same-sex marriages, along with many other decisions rejecting discrimination against, and bigotry towards, people belonging to various groups.

While the Equal Protection Clause itself applies only to state and local governments, the Supreme Court held in Bolling v. Sharpe (1954) that the Due Process Clause of the Fifth Amendment nonetheless imposes various equal protection requirements on the federal government via reverse incorporation.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Equal Protection Clause
Examples of use of equal protection of the law
1. It endorsed her argument that it was an unconstitutional denial of equal protection of the law for the university to add 20 points to the scores of black, Hispanic and Native American applicants. (The maximum score was 150; a perfect 1600 SAT earned just 12 points.) Ward Connerly is a California businessman and former member of the University of California Board of Regents.
2. Davis and Washington lawyer Stanley Brand say the provision discriminates against candidates who prefer to fund their own campaigns in order to "convey a message of independence from lobbyists, large donors and other political ‘insiders.‘ " The amendment "infringes on the core political speech of self–financed candidates and violates their right to equal protection of the law," Davis‘s brief maintains.
3. Part one of the amendment secures equal protection of the law for all citizens of the United States: "No state [may]âЂ¦ 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." The principle of equal protection did not appear in the first draft of the U.S.
4. The 14th Amendment ensured that the Constitution‘s Fifth Amendment, which requires due process, applies to state governments as well. This provision offered protection for all citizens from unjust state and federal laws, including state laws that allowed slavery–like conditions for black Americans, even after the abolition of slavery by the 13th Amendment. (See also Equal Protection of the Law.) The 14th Amendment, which was ratified soon after the end of the Civil War and the abolition of slavery originally seemed to apply only to cases involving racial discrimination.