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In reply to the discussion: Women in AZ: Be prepared to hand over information about your reproductive health to your bosses... [View all]RC
(25,592 posts)23. Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution
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
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 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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Women in AZ: Be prepared to hand over information about your reproductive health to your bosses... [View all]
cynatnite
Mar 2012
OP
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
LOL, well how come we aren't seeing it. Get your kids, husbands, parents and pots & pans and start
southernyankeebelle
Mar 2012
#17
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
It would be interesting to know how many people are moving out of nutty states (or plan to) for
RKP5637
Mar 2012
#3
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 how docile people are all over this country. What the heck do they think? Freedom
southernyankeebelle
Mar 2012
#40
It certainly seems so to me. For that alone, they will not be able to legally do this.
uppityperson
Mar 2012
#34