Sentences with phrase «equal protection theory»

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As many commentators have convincingly explained, it is difficult to square this position with the original understanding of the Fourteenth Amendment's equal protection clause (see Eric Schnapper's «Affirmative Action and the Legislative History of the Fourteenth Amendment»; Michael Klarman's «Brown, Originalism, and Constitutional Theory»; and Jed Rubenfeld's «Affirmative Action»).