The Equal Protection Clause is the last section of the Fourteenth Amendment of the U.S. Constitution; it says that no state can “deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the ...

A clause in the U.S. Constitution that says that no state shall “deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws.” This “equal protection clause” has been used to challenge ...

Dozens of other states have embraced some version of an Equal Rights Amendment in their constitutions. New Yorkers will get a chance to vote on whether to expand the class of people protected against ...

My colleague and friend Sherif Girgis has sent me the following thoughts on the Equal Protection Clause and the momentous abortion case on the Supreme Court's docket. The leaked Dobbs draft spends ...

The DACA decision primarily involved principles of administrative law. (I discussed those issues here and here). But the case also involved a challenge brought under the Equal Protection Component of ...

The Supreme Court’s decision to gut affirmative action in college admissions one year ago has opened the door for numerous legal challenges against race-based grant programs, internships and ...

TALLAHASSEE — A federal judge Wednesday issued a final decision blocking part of a 2023 Florida elections law that placed new restrictions on voter registration groups, including preventing non-U.S.

A North Carolina school’s dress code perpetuated “harmful” gender stereotypes and violated the 14th Amendment’s equal protection clause, a U.S. appeals court found. By McKenna Oxenden A North Carolina ...