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Fourteenth Amendment — Equal Protection Clause

Requires states to provide equal protection of the laws and anchors major constitutional equality doctrines.

Amendment XIV §1Clause / Provision

Why this provision matters

Requires states to provide equal protection of the laws and anchors major constitutional equality doctrines.

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Issues

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About / concernsEducationCompare Common Sense, centrist, progressive, democratic-socialist, and communist-aligned approaches to education.Open Issue →About / concernsHousingCompare Common Sense, centrist, progressive, democratic-socialist, and communist-aligned approaches to housing.Open Issue →About / concernsPoliceCompare Common Sense, centrist, progressive, democratic-socialist, and communist-aligned approaches to police.Open Issue →

Court Cases

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InterpretsBrown v. Board of EducationHeld that state-imposed racial segregation in public schools violates the Equal Protection Clause.Open Court Case →InterpretsObergefell v. HodgesHeld that same-sex couples have a constitutional right to civil marriage under the Fourteenth Amendment.Open Court Case →InterpretsStudents for Fair Admissions, Inc. v. President and Fellows of Harvard CollegeHeld that the race-conscious admissions programs at Harvard and the University of North Carolina violated constitutional/equivalent equal-protection requirements.Open Court Case →

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Comparison TopicEducationAbout →Comparison TopicHousingAbout →Comparison TopicPoliceAbout →Supreme Court CaseBrown v. Board of EducationInterprets →Supreme Court CaseObergefell v. HodgesInterprets →Supreme Court CaseStudents for Fair Admissions, Inc. v. President and Fellows of Harvard CollegeInterprets →

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