An overview of the Equal Protection Clause in the Fourteenth Amendment of the U.S. Constitution, its historical context, and its impact on legislation and jurisprudence.
The Fourteenth Amendment ensures due process and equal protection under the law, playing a key role in the application of the Bill of Rights to state actions.
The essential purpose of the constitutional doctrine of Equal Protection of the Laws, embodied in the Fourteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, is to ensure that the laws and the government treat all persons alike, unless there is some substantial reason why certain persons or classes of persons should be treated differently.
