equal protection
noun
: a guarantee under the 14th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution that a state must treat an individual or class of individuals the same as it treats other individuals or classes in like circumstances
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Planned Parenthood’s legal theories of retaliation for speech and violations of the equal protection clause get more tenuous from there.
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The Editors, National Review, 9 July 2025
Lower courts in those cases sided with the student athletes in finding the state laws violated either the 14th Amendment's equal protection clause or Title IX of the Civil Rights Act.
—Bill Hutchinson, ABC News, 4 July 2025
The constitutional guarantee of equal protection of the law requires official action to be aimed at legitimate government purposes—not personal ones.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 June 2025
Their attorneys argued this violates their equal protection under the Colorado Constitution.
—Sam Tabachnik, Denver Post, 16 May 2025
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The Editors, National Review, 9 July 2025
Lower courts in those cases sided with the student athletes in finding the state laws violated either the 14th Amendment's equal protection clause or Title IX of the Civil Rights Act.
—Bill Hutchinson, ABC News, 4 July 2025
The constitutional guarantee of equal protection of the law requires official action to be aimed at legitimate government purposes—not personal ones.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 June 2025
Their attorneys argued this violates their equal protection under the Colorado Constitution.
—Sam Tabachnik, Denver Post, 16 May 2025
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“Equal protection.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/equal%20protection. Accessed 19 Jul. 2025.
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