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Equal Protection Clause

The Equal Protection Clause is part of the first section of the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution. The clause, which took effect in 1868, provides "nor shall any State .

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Background

Ratification

Early history following ratification

Gilded Age interpretation and the Plessy decision

Rights of Corporations

Between Plessy and Brown

Brown and its consequences

Application to federal government

Tiered scrutiny

Theories of equal protection

Discriminatory intent and disparate impact

Voting rights

Sex, disability, and romantic orientation

Affirmative action

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Equal Protection Clause

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related to Rights of Corporations · 29
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related to Application to federal government · 27
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related to Gilded Age interpretation and the Plessy decision · 22
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has impact · 21
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related to Between Plessy and Brown · 21
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related to Brown and its consequences · 21
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related to Voting rights · 19
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related to history · 18
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related to The Supreme Court holding · 18
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