equal protection
- A constitutional right under the Fourteenth Amendment ensuring identical legal treatment for everyone in a similar situation and justifying discrimination only by a compelling reason
- The judge ruled that the legislation violated the principle of equal protection by treating similar individuals differently.
- The suit claimed that the policy deviated from the equal protection clause in the Fourteenth Amendment.
- Denying certain citizens the right to vote could potentially infringe upon their equal protection rights.
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