Sentences with phrase «of equal protection of the law»

At stake was the preservation of the union and the extension of equal protection of the laws to all members of society.

In Bray v. Alexandria Women's Clinic (1993), the Court examined whether anti-abortion demonstrators could be held liable — under the Ku Klux Klan act of 1871 (amended in 1985)-- of conspiring to deprive women of the equal protection of the laws by depriving women seeking abortions of their right to interstate travel.

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

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

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...

(1) signed by a parent or group of parents to the effect that his or their minor children, as members of a class of persons similarly situated, are being deprived by a school board of the equal protection of the laws, or

(3) appraise the laws and policies of the Federal Government with respect to denials of equal protection of the laws under the Constitution because of race, color, religion or national origin or in the administration of justice;

Whenever an action has been commenced in any court of the United States seeking relief from the denial of equal protection of the laws under the fourteenth amendment to the Constitution on account of race, color, religion, or national origin, the Attorney General for or in the name of the United States may intervene in such action upon timely application if the Attorney General certifies that the case is of general public importance.

(4) serve as a national clearinghouse for information in respect to denials of equal protection of the laws because of race, color, religion or national origin, including but not limited to the fields of voting, education, housing, employment, the use of public facilities, and transportation, or in the administration of justice;

And now, in going back and doing it again, they are still using the public trust argument but also, explicitly, the idea of equal protection of the law and due process, that young people are being deprived of life, liberty, and property.

Only recently, this Court had occasion to declare that a state law which denied equal enjoyment of property rights to a designated class of citizens of specified race and ancestry was not a legitimate exercise of the state's police power, but violated the guaranty of the equal protection of the laws.

Discrimination: The denial of equal protection of the laws; the failure to treat all people alike despite differences in race, color, creed, sex, or social position.

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.

In what is often viewed as its most important decision of the twentieth century, Chief Justice Warren wrote for a unanimous US Supreme Court: «segregation is a denial of the equal protection of the laws»; and «to separate [some children] from others of similar age and qualifications solely because of their race generates a feeling of inferiority as to their status in the community that may affect their hearts and minds in a way unlikely ever to be undone.»

(1) With the intent to deprive any person or class of persons of the equal protection of the laws or of equal privileges and immunities under the laws or for the purpose of preventing the constituted authorities of this state or any subdivision thereof from, or hindering them in, giving or securing to all persons within this state the equal protection of the laws;

Not exact matches

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

Were these provisions to become law, they could result in some states, legislatively, providing one level of care or protection to some of their citizens and a different level to others — which, could violate the equal protection and fairness requirements of the Fifth and Fourteenth Amendments to the Constitution.

«It is well established that evidence of purpose beyond the face of the challenged law may be considered in evaluating Establishment and Equal Protection Clause claims,» the judges wrote on Thursday.

With the help of the Transgender Law Center and the civil rights law firm Relman, Dane & Colfax, Whitaker sued his school district, arguing that it was violating his rights under Title IX and the 14th Amendment's Equal Protection ClauLaw Center and the civil rights law firm Relman, Dane & Colfax, Whitaker sued his school district, arguing that it was violating his rights under Title IX and the 14th Amendment's Equal Protection Claulaw firm Relman, Dane & Colfax, Whitaker sued his school district, arguing that it was violating his rights under Title IX and the 14th Amendment's Equal Protection Clause.

Although enforcement of the Equal Pay Act and other civil rights laws has helped to narrow the gender pay gap, these actions only cover segments of the American working population, and many important protections are not yet codified in law.

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.»

Instead, Judge Roger Miner ruled that the prohibition violated the Fourteenth Amendment's Equal Protection Clause («No State shall... deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws&raqEqual Protection Clause («No State shall... deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the lawProtection Clause («No State shall... deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws&raqequal protection of the lawprotection of the laws»).

When the U.S. Muslim community sounds out LOUD and CLEAR, without equivocation, and immediately against all forms of terrorism, including all aggressive religious intolerance for human rights, women's right, children, equal protection under the law, the respect for other religions to coexist, the right to free speech, and the ability to separate church from state, IF THEY FINALLY DO THAT AND LOUDLY, then we will begin to feel comfortable that they are truly embracing American ideals and here to join us, not to oppose, defy, or undermine what we hold dear.

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.

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.

To hold that same - sex marriage is part of the fundamental right to marry, or necessary for giving LGBT people the equal protection of the laws, the Court implicitly made a number of other assumptions: that one - flesh union has no distinct value in itself, only the feelings fostered by any kind of consensual sex; that there is nothing special about knowing the love of the two people whose union gave you life, whose bodies gave you yours, so long as you have two sources of care and support; that what children need is parenting in some disembodied sense, and not mothering and fathering.

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.

It was not until the great Civil War amendments that slavery was finally abolished and the promise of «equal protection of the laws» was made — a promise that has not yet been kept.

In addition to the rights to private liberties previously discussed, then, a democratic constitution must also stipulate a set of rights to public liberties, which includes the familiar rights to freedom of speech, freedom of the press, freedom to assemble and petition, due process, and equal protection of the laws.

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

Speech can be regulated only when it directly conflicts with other constitutional conditions of the democratic process — for instance, freedom of religion and assembly, equal protection under the law, and basic rights to life and liberty.

A friend who has been teaching a course on constitutional law for a couple of decades and has achieved a national reputation confided recently that he plans to stop teaching the course; there just isn't any integrity to the subject, and it becomes almost a degrading experience to have to teach, say, equal protection doctrine and pretend that the Court's decisions are the product of any sort of coherent thinking.

(Well, one thing that «turns out» is that the only constitutional law Obama actually taught at the University of Chicago was the equal protection clause.

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

Equal protection... seriously you believe that is reality in the U.S. ------------------------ It is unquestionably the law and we should always strive to stamp out any form of inequity in the legal process.

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.

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 form in which he originally proposed it was: «The Congress shall have power to make all laws which shall be necessary and proper to secure to the citizens of each state all privileges and immunities of citizens in the several states and to all persons in the several states equal protection in the rights of life, liberty, and property.»

We either believe in a society of laws, and equal protection under the law, or we go back to feudalism.

Section 15 (1) states: Every individual is equal before and under the law and has the right to equal protection and equal benefit of the law without discrimination and, in particular without discrimination based on race, national or ethnic origin, colour, religion, sex, age or mental or physical disability.

The GOP has been a consistent advocate of the 14th Amendment, which they wrote and passed, that embodies such equal protection under the laws, and the other Civil War Amendments

The judicial precedent for equal protection for federal laws is somewhat fuzzy as there is not equal protection clause specifically written as part of the fifth amendment, and the specific clause is only in reference to states in the fourteenth amendment.

Since Bolling v. Sharpe, a Supreme Court decisions that came out the same day as Brown v. Board of Education, the 5th amendment's Due Process clause has been interpreted by the courts to also imply a guarantee of equal protection under federal law.

«Equal protection under the law and religious freedom are two of the most fundamental and critical principles enshrined in our founding documents,» said Congressman Gibson.

However, I have no doubt that these kinds of laws would fail under equal protection and due process considerations as soon as they would be enacted, first at the lower federal courts, and then all the way up to SCOTUS.

«I have consistently advocated for equal protection under the law for those who seek to certify their unions in the face of the law.

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.

The values of equality for all and equal protection and safety under the law have shaped me and embodied all facets of my life, both personal and professional.»