The legal bias for special protection for women has begun to wreak havoc with the Constitution's guarantee of equal protection. — Warren Farrell Copy Share Image
Civil union is less than marriage. Marriage is a sacred and valued institution and ought to be afforded equal protection. — James McGreevey Copy Share Image
Full participation in government and society has been a basic right of the country symbolizing the full citizenship and equal protection of… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Money is speech. It's incongruous to say a multimillionaire can spend as much on his own campaign as he wants, but you… — Roger Stone Copy Share Image
It's time to recognize that under the equal protection clause of the United States [Constitution], same-sex couples should have the same rights… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Neither federal nor state government acts compatibly with equal protection when a law or official policy denies to women, simply because they… — Ruth Bader Ginsburg Copy Share Image
The takings clause of the Fifth Amendment is for conservatives what the equal protection clause of the 14th is for liberals. — Michael Kinsley Copy Share Image
It wouldn't be fair to say that conservatives cherish property the way liberals cherish equality. But it would be fair to say… — Michael Kinsley Copy Share Image
Laws that require equal protections reinforce the moral imperative of equality. — Hillary Clinton Copy Share Image
We recognize that same-sex marriage makes some people deeply uncomfortable. However, inertia and apprehension are not legitimate bases for denying same-sex couples… — Henry Franklin Floyd Copy Share Image
Well-established Supreme Court precedents indicate that states - like the states of Washington and Minnesota - have no equal-protection rights of their… — David B. Rivkin Copy Share Image
The guarantee of equal protection cannot mean one thing when applied to one individual and something else when applied to a person… — Lewis F. Powell, Jr Copy Share Image
All distinctions of birth or of rank have been abolished. All citizens, whether native or adopted, are placed upon terms of precise… — James K. Polk Copy Share Image
Every lynching deprives its victim of his life without due process of law, and denies him an equal protection of the law.… — H. L. Mencken Copy Share Image
We must have our freedom now. We must have the right to vote. We must have equal protection of the law. — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
The equal protection standard of the constitution has one clear and central meaning - it absolutely prohibits invidious [repugnant] discrimination by government...Under… — Potter Stewart Copy Share Image
Fundamental premise that all are equal under and before the law and all are entitled to the equal protection and the equal… — George Stamatis Copy Share Image
There is no proportional representation requirement in the Equal Protection Clause — Cass Sunstein Copy Share Image
Gay and lesbian people are equal. They deserve equal protection of the laws, and they deserve it now. — Donald Verrilli Jr Copy Share Image
Syria, for all its problems, at least has a constitution that guarantees equal protection of citizens. Around the world, we have seen… — Franklin Graham Copy Share Image
The Supreme Court had the choice not only which way to rule, pro- or anti-gay marriage rights, but also how they were… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
History has shown us that, on extraordinarily rare occasions, it becomes necessary for the federal government to intervene on behalf of individuals… — Michael K. Simpson Copy Share Image
There are a few instances that arise in the unique context of domestic equal-protection challenges to governmental actions that are facially neutral… — David B. Rivkin Copy Share Image
If some individuals contribute to general social deterioration by overproducing children, and if the need is compelling, they can be required by… — John Holdren Copy Share Image
What is so powerful here is that we have the first federal appellate court and it's a case coming out of Utah… — Evan Wolfson Copy Share Image
