equal protection
noun
: a guarantee under the 14th 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
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The rules also violate basic principles of due process and equal protection by treating new developments differently from existing land users, who also contribute to traffic issues in the area, the complaint said.
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Jessica Alvarado Gamez, Denver Post, 30 Dec. 2025
The Fourth Amendment protects people from unreasonable searches and seizures by the government, and the 14th Amendment guarantees citizens equal protection of the laws and due process of law.
—Cathy Kozlowicz, jsonline.com, 29 Dec. 2025
The brief argued such bans violated Title IX and equal protection, formally aligning Democratic leadership with the legal effort to preserve trans inclusion as the high court prepared to hear the lawsuits of Idaho and West Virginia.
—Jackson Thompson, FOXNews.com, 26 Dec. 2025
The article cited several of Yenor’s viewpoints, including a post on the Claremont Institute’s website calling for the overturning of the 1996 Supreme Court ruling that found Virginia Military Institute was in violation of the Fourteenth Amendment’s equal protection clause by only allowing males.
—Becca Savransky, Idaho Statesman, 26 Dec. 2025
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Jessica Alvarado Gamez, Denver Post, 30 Dec. 2025
The Fourth Amendment protects people from unreasonable searches and seizures by the government, and the 14th Amendment guarantees citizens equal protection of the laws and due process of law.
—Cathy Kozlowicz, jsonline.com, 29 Dec. 2025
The brief argued such bans violated Title IX and equal protection, formally aligning Democratic leadership with the legal effort to preserve trans inclusion as the high court prepared to hear the lawsuits of Idaho and West Virginia.
—Jackson Thompson, FOXNews.com, 26 Dec. 2025
The article cited several of Yenor’s viewpoints, including a post on the Claremont Institute’s website calling for the overturning of the 1996 Supreme Court ruling that found Virginia Military Institute was in violation of the Fourteenth Amendment’s equal protection clause by only allowing males.
—Becca Savransky, Idaho Statesman, 26 Dec. 2025
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“Equal protection.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/equal%20protection. Accessed 6 Jan. 2026.
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