Sentences with phrase «equal protection of the laws»

The campaign involves clergy, concerned activists and individuals from various faiths calling for equal protection of the law for all and access to a better life in this country.

It raises concerns for all claimants seeking equal protection of the law, including women and girls.

This is governed by human rights codes and employment standards laws, both subject to the Charter of Rights and Freedoms, which guarantees equal protection of law regardless of national origin etc..

(1) Everyone has the right to equality before the law and to equal protection of the law without discrimination because of race, national or ethnic origin, colour, religion, age or sex.

The court's 6 - 3 ruling said the measure classified homosexuals in a way that made them «unequal to everyone else» and thus violated the guarantee of equal protection of the law in the 14th Amendment...

We are all promised EQUAL protection of the law under the Constitution... both men and women.

The suits claim the state violated CSEA - represented employees» constitutional rights to freedom of speech, freedom of association, due process and equal protection of the law when, during contract negotiations, it threatened to and did in fact, lay off CSEA represented workers, while sparing all management employees and political appointees.

To do otherwise would subject the board to constitutional claims, because people have the right to equal protection of the laws from governmental agencies, such as boards of education... A written policy can be invaluable in such situations to guide administrators and to inform parents as to what the rules are.»

In essence, while the repeal of net neutrality will erode the constitutional right of free speech enshrined in the 1st Amendment, the proposal to privatize regulation, if implemented, would erode the constitutional right of equal protection of the law enshrined in the 14th Amendment.

It was this «intentional systematic undervaluation» by a state official which denied the property owner equal protection of the law.

The Intervenor was established by people with disabilities to create a voice for disabled Canadians and to promote the full participation and equal opportunity and equal protection of the law for people with disabilities in Canadian society.

In the case of missing and murdered Aboriginal women, entitlement to equal protection of the law without discrimination is relevant.

And finally, the court noted, «it is not the province of this Court to create substantive constitutional rights in the name of guaranteeing equal protection of the laws.»

The ideal of equal protection of the law for everyone in the exercise of his or her natural rights is not an ideal for Anglo - Saxons alone.

(As the Fourteenth Amendment says, «nor shall any State... deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws.»)

Constitutional Amendment 14 (this one specifically applies to Pan's Bill): ``... No State shall make or enforce any law 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 of the laws.»

But many of the most important rights - protecting phrases «due process of law» «equal protection of the laws» — are far more broad and general.

This «moral reading» of the Constitution calls on judges to act as moral philosophers: «equal protection of the laws» should mean what best promotes «equal concern and respect» for all humans; «liberty» in the «due process» clause should mean autonomy in matters important to personal development, and so forth.

Freedoms of conscience, of religion and of institutions to safeguard and advance the right to language, culture, self - determination and equal protection of the laws are non-negotiable.

«Amendment 14 addressed citizenship rights and equal protection of the laws — namely for former black slaves.

No State shall make or enforce any law 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 of the laws.

The rights set forth are primarily civil and political and include the rights to life, liberty, security, protection against torture and arbitrary arrest, equal protection of the law, freedom of movement, participation in government, religious freedom, freedom of assembly and association, and ownership of property.

Broad in its application, the Fourteenth Amendment promised due process and «the equal protection of the laws» for all American citizens.

These Articles compel equality of all citizens before the law and entitle them to equal protection of the laws.

Don't they deserve the same civil rights and equal protection of laws?

And having been born, as persons under the Constitution, they were entitled to at least the same rights as people on death row — due process, equal protection of the law.

When the voters of Colorado adopted an amendment to their state constitution that prohibited legal enactments banning discrimination based on sexual orientation, the Court (Romer v. Evans, 1996) found that the amendment deprived homosexuals of the equal protection of the laws, and was motivated by nothing but «animus» toward homosexuals.

If the Supreme Court is to be kept from legislating, the key issue in the controversy over the interpretation of section 1 can not be the meaning of «liberty» and «equality» but the meaning of «due process of law» and «the equal protection of the laws.»

The equal protection of the laws thus came to mean the equality before the law of all lifestyles, and implicitly negated the age - old police power of the states to legislate for the protection of the public health, safety, welfare, and morals.

Kneeling is using the 2nd Amendment rights of the Constitution to ask the Government to uphold the 14 Amendment under the Constitution, Equal Protection of the Laws.

In the brief, the AG challenges DOMA's constitutionality, saying it violates the right of married same - sex couples to equal protection of the law, intrudes on the state's power to define marriage and undermines the concept of federalism.

My office will continue to fight every day to defend the fundamental guarantee of equal protection of the law for all New Yorkers.»

No State shall make or enforce any law 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 of the laws.

He has the expertise and experience to ensure that all New Yorkers, everywhere, always have equal protection of the law.»

After carefully describing our scheme I was told in no uncertain terms that Southold's Town Board was in violation of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 and the the 14th Amendment (Equal Protection of the Law).

I was told that the New York State Constitution offers similar protection, and found that it is in Article I, Bill of Rights, Number 11, Equal Protection of Law.

My office will keep fighting every day to defend the fundamental guarantee of equal protection of the law for all New Yorkers.»