Sentences with phrase «promised equal protection of the law»

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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.

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

Many people believe that the federal government ought to play a strong role to make good on the promise of the Fourteenth Amendment, that the government shall not «deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws.»

With their pro bono representation, I sued several Washington officials, among them Governor Gary Locke, arguing that the state's exclusion of theology majors from the Promise Scholarship program violated my rights to free speech, free exercise of religion, and equal protection under the laws.