The Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, ratified in 1868, prohibits state governments from denying citizens the "equal protection of the laws".

1868年批准的《美国宪法第十四修正案》禁止州政府剥夺公民享有“法律平等保护”的权利。

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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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His favourite clause of the constitution was the 14th amendment, which guarantees due process and equal protection of the laws.

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The key danger, in my view, lies in the possibility that the same court will insist that the Equal Protection Clause requires the adoption of some antidiscrimination laws to protect gays, which I would regard as a historical blunder of the first order.

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