Equal protection — Social Studies definition
Defined in 2 courses:
- A constitutional protection concerning treatment under law; its historical interpretation and enforcement require study. (U.S. & New York History: Indigenous Nations to Reconstruction)
- A constitutional protection concerning governmental treatment under the applicable legal framework. (Government, Civic Participation & Economics)
Where it is taught
- Thirteenth, Fourteenth & Fifteenth Amendments — Emancipation, Reconstruction & Historical Inquiry, U.S. & New York History: Indigenous Nations to Reconstruction, Grade 7
- Equal Protection, Civil Rights & Enforcement — Rights, Justice & Public Institutions, Government, Civic Participation & Economics, Grade 12
In use
The Fourteenth, ratified in July 1868, made everyone born in the United States a citizen and barred any state from denying due process or the equal protection of the laws.
Thirteenth, Fourteenth & Fifteenth Amendments
Equal protection is not a requirement that every rule ignore all relevant differences; it concerns governmental treatment under the applicable framework.
Equal Protection, Civil Rights & Enforcement
Taught alongside
- context
- primary source
- interpretation
- disenfranchisement
- discrimination
- enforcement
- remedy
- practical access