Ensuring Equal Protection: Balancing Power and Rights

Ensuring Equal Protection

Balancing Power and Rights

​Chapter 9

Equal Protection Clause

The Equal Protection Clause is a provision of the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution. It guarantees that no state shall deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws. This clause has been used to combat discrimination based on race, gender, and other protected characteristics. It ensures that all individuals are treated equally under the law.

Equal Protection Clause

• Guarantees: Equal treatment under the law
• Protects: Against discrimination
• Does not guarantee: Right to free speech or right to bear arms

Multiple Select

What does the Equal Protection Clause guarantee? (choose 2)

• Equal treatment under the law

• Protection against discrimination

• Right to free speech

• Right to bear arms