Portion of the Fourteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution that prohibits discrimination by state government institutions. The clause grants all people "equal protection of the laws," which means that the states must apply the law equally and cannot give preference to one person or class of persons over another.
See "Fourteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution."
Fourteenth Amendment provision that prohibits states from denying equal protection of the laws to all people – that is, discriminating against individuals in an arbitrary manner, such as on the basis of race.
order by term] level: Introductory (1) A 14th Amendment provision requiring that government not discriminate against persons because of their affiliation with some group.
level: Introductory (1) [ order by level] A 14th Amendment provision requiring that government not discriminate against persons because of their affiliation with some group.
Provision in the 14th Amendment to the Constitution that guarantees all people "equal protection under the law."
provision in the Fourteenth Amendment to the US Constitution which prohibits states from discriminating against people arbitrarily. All Americans are, thus, guaranteed "equal protection of the laws." This amendment was passed in 1868, mainly to protect African-Americans, many of whom had previously lived under slavery, from discrimination on the basis of race.
A part of the Fourteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution requiring similar treatment of citizens in similar circumstances.
The Equal Protection Clause, part of the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, provides that "no state shall… deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws." The Equal Protection Clause can be seen as an attempt to secure the promise of the United States' professed commitment to the proposition that "all men are created equal" by empowering the judiciary to enforce that principle against the states.