The right of a person to be treated equally to anyone else in a similar legal situation.
constitutional guarantee that similarly situated person will receive the same constitutional rights
This refers to the notion, grounded in the U. S. Constitution, that no person or class of persons be denied the same protection of the laws which is enjoyed by other persons or other classes in like circumstances in their lives, liberty, property and in their pursuit of happiness.
The constitutional guarantee embodied in the Fourteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, which states that "No state shall . . . deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws."
Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment that guarantees all citizens equal protection under the law, regardless of race, color, gender, class, origin, or religion.
Refers to the "Equal Protection" clause of the 14th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. The guarantee of "equal protection of the law" has been evoked to challenge the constitutionality of today's system of privately financed elections. It is alleged that under such a system citizens without access to wealth are denied their right to equal political opportunity.
The 14th Amendment to the Constitution (1868) guarantees that no state government can deny a person within its boundaries the equal protection of the laws. The purpose was to ensure equal treatment of the emancipated (freed) slaves after the Civil War.
14th Amendment clause requiring government to treat similarly situated people the same or have good reason for treating them differently. Compelling reasons are considered to exist for treating children differently.
A constitutional requirement that guarantees that similarly situated persons receive the same rights.
The Fourteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution and similar provisions in the California Constitution require each citizen to receive equal protection of the laws. There are no minimum standards of protection; all equally situated individuals must simply be treated equally. (The due process clause of the Constitution imposes certain minimum standards of protection.) Back to the Top