Equal Protection Quotes

26 quotes by 24 authors

The power granted the Attorney General to intervene in all equal-protection-of-the-law cases is extremely broad and dangerous. Choices made by the Attorney General could follow… — John Sparkman
Full participation in government and society has been a basic right of the country symbolizing the full citizenship and equal protection of all. — Charles Rangel
The equal protection standard of the constitution has one clear and central meaning - it absolutely prohibits invidious [repugnant] discrimination by government...Under our Constitution, any… — Potter Stewart
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.
New Rule: Gay marriage won't lead to dog marriage. It is not a slippery slope to rampant inter-species coupling. When women got the right to… — Bill Maher
We recognize that same-sex marriage makes some people deeply uncomfortable. However, inertia and apprehension are not legitimate bases for denying same-sex couples due process and… — Henry Franklin Floyd
NoH8 on the Hill, NoH8 anywhere. No American, regardless of who they love, should be denied equal protection under the law. History is on our… — Xavier Becerra
What is so powerful here is that we have the first federal appellate court and it's a case coming out of Utah affirming in the… — Evan Wolfson
America is the promised land, because each generation bequeathed to its children a promise, a promise that they might not come to enjoy but which… — Joe Biden
The takings clause of the Fifth Amendment is for conservatives what the equal protection clause of the 14th is for liberals. — Michael Kinsley
There is no proportional representation requirement in the Equal Protection Clause — Cass Sunstein
My hold of the colonies is in the close affection which grows from common names, from kindred blood, from similar privileges, and equal protection. These… — Edmund Burke
It's time to recognize that under the equal protection clause of the United States [Constitution], same-sex couples should have the same rights as anybody else. — Barack Obama
The guarantee of equal protection cannot mean one thing when applied to one individual and something else when applied to a person of another color.… — Lewis F. Powell, Jr.
It wouldn't be fair to say that conservatives cherish property the way liberals cherish equality. But it would be fair to say that the takings… — Michael Kinsley
Ultimately, I think the Equal Protection Clause does guarantee same-sex marriage in all fifty states. — Barack Obama
As members of the judiciary tasked with intervening to carry out the guarantee of equal protection, we ought not sit back and wish away, rather… — Sonia Sotomayor
If some individuals contribute to general social deterioration by overproducing children, and if the need is compelling, they can be required by law to exercise… — John Holdren
Civil union is less than marriage. Marriage is a sacred and valued institution and ought to be afforded equal protection. — James McGreevey
When a politician like Marco Rubio is willing to sacrifice his career defining immigration reform legislation solely to insure that gays and lesbians are denied… — Harvey Fierstein

Who Wrote These Equal Protection Quotes

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