Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment

GPTKB entity

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:constitutional_law
gptkbp:adoptedBy	July 9, 1868
gptkbp:appliesTo	states
gptkbp:basisFor	gptkb:Romer_v._Evans gptkb:Brown_v._Board_of_Education gptkb:Obergefell_v._Hodges gptkb:Loving_v._Virginia gptkb:Bush_v._Gore gptkb:Reed_v._Reed
gptkbp:enforcedBy	federal courts state courts
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment
gptkbp:influenced	civil rights legislation affirmative action policies voting rights jurisprudence
gptkbp:interpretedBy	gptkb:Supreme_Court_of_the_United_States
gptkbp:language	English
gptkbp:legalStandard	intermediate scrutiny strict scrutiny rational basis review
gptkbp:location	gptkb:Section_1_of_the_Fourteenth_Amendment
gptkbp:partOf	gptkb:Fourteenth_Amendment_to_the_United_States_Constitution
gptkbp:protectedBy	gptkb:women children LGBTQ individuals non-citizens racial minorities
gptkbp:purpose	to guarantee equal protection under the law to all persons
gptkbp:relatedTo	gptkb:Due_Process_Clause_of_the_Fourteenth_Amendment gptkb:Privileges_or_Immunities_Clause_of_the_Fourteenth_Amendment
gptkbp:text	No State shall ... deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws.
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Craig_v._Boren gptkb:VMI_case
gptkbp:bfsLayer	5