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RC

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23. Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution
Wed Mar 14, 2012, 05:38 PM
Mar 2012
Its Equal Protection Clause requires each state to provide equal protection under the law to all people within its jurisdiction. This clause was the basis for Brown v. Board of Education (1954), the Supreme Court decision which precipitated the dismantling of racial segregation in United States education. In Reed v. Reed (1971), the Supreme Court ruled that laws arbitrarily requiring sex discrimination violated the Equal Protection Clause.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fourteenth_Amendment_to_the_United_States_Constitution


Equal Protection Clause
The Equal Protection Clause, part of the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, provides that "no state shall ... deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws."[1] The Equal Protection Clause can be seen as an attempt to secure the promise of the United States' professed commitment to the proposition that "all men are created equal"[2] by empowering the judiciary to enforce that principle against the states.[3] The Fourteenth Amendment Equal Protection Clause applies only to state governments, but the requirement of equal protection has been read to apply to the federal government as a component of Fifth Amendment due process.

More concretely, the Equal Protection Clause, along with the rest of the Fourteenth Amendment, marked a great shift in American constitutionalism. Before the enactment of the Fourteenth Amendment, the Bill of Rights protected individual rights only from invasion by the federal government. After the Fourteenth Amendment was enacted, the Constitution also protected rights from abridgment by state leaders and governments, even including some rights that arguably were not protected from abridgment by the federal government. In the wake of the Fourteenth Amendment, the states could not, among other things, deprive people of the equal protection of the laws. What exactly such a requirement means has been the subject of much debate, and the story of the Equal Protection Clause is the gradual explication of its meaning.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Equal_Protection_Clause



The way I read this, Arizona is in violation of the US Constitution (again), not that they care.

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Explain to me again how this SheilaT Mar 2012 #1
I am so F**kin mad I can't see straight. I sure hope the women of AZ are going to stand up for southernyankeebelle Mar 2012 #4
Don't take it out on me because there are crazy people in my state legislature! jillan Mar 2012 #6
LOL, well how come we aren't seeing it. Get your kids, husbands, parents and pots & pans and start southernyankeebelle Mar 2012 #17
I expect to see it throughout the South... cynatnite Mar 2012 #18
Same for me. I live in TN. southernyankeebelle Mar 2012 #19
TN here, too... cynatnite Mar 2012 #20
McMinnville southernyankeebelle Mar 2012 #21
I agree with my fellow Tennesseans here...... socialist_n_TN Mar 2012 #33
Your right. They are like lemmings. It's crazy train for sure. southernyankeebelle Mar 2012 #35
Knoxville, here. Fawke Em Mar 2012 #48
Because the M$M has been ordered not to show it. obxhead Mar 2012 #27
I know we don't have a free press anymore. I understand that. That is why I tune in to Link southernyankeebelle Mar 2012 #31
What's worse is that many of the "people" sponsoring such bills are women. haele Mar 2012 #47
You make many good points. southernyankeebelle Mar 2012 #49
I'm pretty sure the thinking here Aerows Mar 2012 #45
Will they pay for 10 labors and deliveries too? HockeyMom Mar 2012 #2
That is interesting - birth control is immoral; unwed pregnancy: immoral adigal Mar 2012 #41
It would be interesting to know how many people are moving out of nutty states (or plan to) for RKP5637 Mar 2012 #3
Where is the ACLU? Surely they can win this as unconstitutional southernyankeebelle Mar 2012 #5
That's my guess sharp_stick Mar 2012 #7
This is crazy. I would get a bunch of women in front of that state house and protest. My goodness southernyankeebelle Mar 2012 #16
I'm amazed at how docile sharp_stick Mar 2012 #38
I'm amazed how docile people are all over this country. What the heck do they think? Freedom southernyankeebelle Mar 2012 #40
Does the bill also require employers to fully disclose this during interviews? tanyev Mar 2012 #8
Nice! ceile Mar 2012 #11
Here's something else you haven't thought of. It will help drive women... TheMadMonk Mar 2012 #24
Propert ownership won't be far behind. Lars39 Mar 2012 #32
I think I'm going to throw up. ceile Mar 2012 #9
McCarthy was a lightweight compared to these assholes Initech Mar 2012 #10
See, this is why Single Payer had to come off the table. Ruby the Liberal Mar 2012 #12
I wonder how much insurance company money is going to fund this garbage? cynatnite Mar 2012 #13
Refuse felix_numinous Mar 2012 #14
I agree. If there was ever a place for civil disobedience....... socialist_n_TN Mar 2012 #36
How the F*CK is this even possible? etherealtruth Mar 2012 #15
What the hell? Are we in medievel times? TNLib Mar 2012 #22
Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution RC Mar 2012 #23
This will be struck down eventually.. SomethingFishy Mar 2012 #25
isn't this in violation of HIPAA? frylock Mar 2012 #26
It certainly seems so to me. For that alone, they will not be able to legally do this. uppityperson Mar 2012 #34
So if an employer would rather not have to hire women, or retain them pnwmom Mar 2012 #28
Debbie Lesko is a TRAITOR to her gender and to the US. Ilsa Mar 2012 #29
Pisses me off that this was not covered at all in our NBC local news NAO Mar 2012 #30
Local news orgs are small time propaganda providers, NOT NEWS just1voice Mar 2012 #43
Did you actually read the proposed law? WillowTree Mar 2012 #37
How does an employer *prove* that they have a moral objection? salin Mar 2012 #39
Madness...our nation is descending into madness. n/t Adsos Letter Mar 2012 #42
Look for a (D) to introduce a bill firing any male who takes Viagra just1voice Mar 2012 #44
How does this not Aerows Mar 2012 #46
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