Clauses Quote by Cass Sunstein

The guarantee of equal protection cannot mean one thing when applied to one individual and something else when applied to a person of another…

— Lewis F. Powell, Jr

[Proportional representation is a] device for defeating democracy, the principle of which was that the majority should rule, and for bringing faddists of all…

— David Lloyd George

Equal protection under the law mandates that similarly situated criminal defendants be treated equally, regardless of financial means.

— Chris Sununu

There is no equality without coercion.

— Gonzalo Fernandez de la Mora

Equality is attainable as long as you are part of the majority.

— William James

The equal protection standard of the constitution has one clear and central meaning - it absolutely prohibits invidious [repugnant] discrimination by government...Under our Constitution,…

— Potter Stewart

Homosexuals do not meet the criteria for a susect class under the equal protection clause because they are neither disadvantaged nor identified on the…

— Mike Johnson

Equality, therefore, becomes the criterion because we can handle all that in process, but we can't handle that as principle without infringing on freedom.

— Francis George

I think at the time of drafting and enacting the Equality Act in 2009 and 2010, it was not foreseen how that would be interpreted.

— Suella Braverman

the minority possess their equal rights, which equal law must protect, and to violate would be oppression.

— Thomas Jefferson

Equality consists in the same treatment of similar persons.

— Aristotle

Equality may be the law, but no human power can install it.

— Honore de Balzac