Equal Protection Clause

Reconstruction Amendments were adopted. These amendments were important in enforcing the reconstruction of the southern areas in America after the war. The Thirteenth amendment abolished slavery, the Fourteenth amendment addresses citizenship rights and equal protection of the laws for everyone, and the Fifteenth amendment prohibits discrimination in voting rights of citizenship (Reconstruction Amendments. (n.d.)). All three of these amendments are historically significant. The Thirteenth amendment abolished

born or naturalized in the United States. Furthermore, it bars states from denying any person life, liberty, or property, without due process of law or to deny to any person within its authority the equal protection of the law. At the outset of the 14 amendment is the due process clause. This clause is similar to the fifth amendment but without the limitations of

It strictly prohibits discrimination and preferential treatment by state government institutions (as it does not apply to the private sector), and thus grants all citizens of this nation an equal protection of the laws. There are three standards of review under the Equal Protection Clause: Rational Basis Review, Intermediate Scrutiny, and Strict Scrutiny. In this case Strict Scrutiny will be used for the review of the Bruin Diversity Plan because it classifies applicants on the basis of

American constitution is known as the free exercise clause. “The free exercise clause is the First Amendment provision that prohibits government from interfering with the practice of religion” (Edwards, Wattenberg, and Lineberry). This clause has been set to assure Americans that they have the right to express their religious beliefs freely. However, this clause has encountered trouble when it comes to deciding policies. The whole purpose of the clause is to ensure their freedom of choice, but when does

for Americans of all races to begin to achieve equality. It is stated in the 14th that all citizens shall not have their basic civil rights infringed upon without due process of the law, and it is also stated that all citizens are guaranteed equal protection under the law. At first view, such measures should have eliminated official racist practices, yet racism prevalent throughout the United States and blacks were still considered to be inferior to whites. Many Americans, especially in the South

federal district court ruled the state law violated the equal protection clause of the 14th Amendment. The

Loving v. Virginia Interracial marriage: Respecting the Equal Protection and Due Process Clauses of the Fourteenth Amendment. I. INTRODUCTION This case note will examine the 1967 landmark Supreme Court case of Loving v. Virginia. The Loving v. Virginia case touched on constitutional principles including equality, federalism, and liberty. Just over 30 years ago, it was a crime for interracial couples in Virginia to marry, or to live as husband and wife. Prior to the 1967 case of Loving v. Virginia

States Supreme Court. Four states with bans restricting marriage to a union between one man and one woman will be considered. The question at hand relies on the Court’s interpretation of the 14th Amendment in both the Due Process Clause and the Equal Protections Clause; the Court will also have to consider the question of State’s rights and whether the State has a legitimate interest in denying the title of marriage and its corresponding benefits to same-sex couples. The argument for overturning

Court on March 27, 2013. The judge waited on the ruling for other cases but on the 21st of June in 2014, Judge Friedman ruled that the same-sex marriage ban for the state of Michigan was unconstitutional and it had violated DeBoer’s right to equal protection under the law. The laws in Michigan beforehand refused to let the state acknowledge marriage as anything other than a man and a woman in a union. There is another case that the Supreme Court ruled on and that was the Obergefell v. Hodges case

citizenship rights and equal protection of the laws and was proposed in response to issues related to former slaves after the American Civil War. It was severely contested, especially by the states of the Confederacy that were defeated and were forced to ratify it in order to regain representation in Congress. The amendment’s first section includes many clauses, but one important one is the Equal Protection Clause. This clause requires each state to provide equal protection under the law to all people