The Fourteenth Amendment says what it means. "No state shall...deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal ...

The Equal Protection Clause is the last section of the Fourteenth Amendment of the U.S. Constitution; it says that no state can “deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the ...

New state election laws have prompted debate about whether they will make it more difficult for people to vote. Missing in that national conversation is consideration of equal protection for an ...

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Today, the spirit of the act, and even the 14 th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, is under assault. A cynical reading has ...

The University of Oregon was named in a civil rights complaint on March 4 regarding four UO scholarships that allegedly discriminate based on race, color, national origin and/or sex. The complaint, ...

My colleague and friend Sherif Girgis has sent me the following thoughts on the Equal Protection Clause and the momentous abortion case on the Supreme Court's docket. The leaked Dobbs draft spends ...

“The remedy for racism never is more racism.” That’s the guiding principle behind a new initiative called the Equal Protection Project. Through education, investigation, and litigation, the Equal ...

Melanie Ronen, partner and chair of the employment practice at Stradley Ronon, advises employers across industries on the full spectrum of workplace issues, from hiring and compliance to litigation ...

The Trump administration's plan to remove legal protections for transgender students could limit access to higher education and harm the Education Department's legacy, two community college presidents ...