The U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York agreed with Windsor that DOMA violated her federal equal protection right.

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His second cause of action alleges a violation of his right to equal protection of the laws.

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But it is the California case where the high court is being asked to establish the constitutional "equal protection" right.

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The Associated Press reported that two women who were married in the state earlier this year plan to sue on the grounds that the amendment violates their right to equal protection under the law.

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The suit seeks a ruling that both provisions violate the constitution's Second Amendment right to bear arms and the 14th Amendment right to equal protection under the laws as well as injunctions stopping enforcement.

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