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The '''Equal Protection Clause''' is from the text of the [[Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution]]. The clause, which took effect in 1868, provides "nor shall any State [...] deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws". It mandates that individuals in similar situations be treated equally by the law.<ref>{{cite encyclopedia|year=2009|url=https://books.google.de/books?id=EHj_0R2rbxAC&pg=PA153&dq=%22Equal+Protection+Clause+similarly%22+encyclopedia&hl=de&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiR3OXkq-TqAhUQiIsKHfiVCyEQ6AEwAHoECAIQAg#v=onepage&q=%22Equal%20Protection%20Clause%20similarly%22%20encyclopedia&f=false|title =Equal protection of the laws|encyclopedia=The Encyclopedia of American Law|publisher=Infobase|last=Failinger|first=Marie|editor-first=David Andrew|editor-last=Schultz|pages=152–53|isbn=9781438109916|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200724001052/https://books.google.de/books?id=EHj_0R2rbxAC&pg=PA153&dq=%22Equal+Protection+Clause+similarly%22+encyclopedia&hl=de&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiR3OXkq-TqAhUQiIsKHfiVCyEQ6AEwAHoECAIQAg#v=onepage&q=%22Equal%20Protection%20Clause%20similarly%22%20encyclopedia&f=false|archivedate=July 24, 2020|quote="The equal protection clause guarantees the right of "similarly situated" people to be treated the same way by the law."}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Fair Treatment by the Government: Equal Protection |url=https://www.georgialegalaid.org/resource/fair-treatment-by-the-government-equal-protec |website=GeorgiaLegalAid.org |publisher=Carl Vinson Institute of Government at University of Georgia |accessdate=July 24, 2020 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20200320205514/https://www.georgialegalaid.org/resource/fair-treatment-by-the-government-equal-protec |archivedate=March 20, 2020 |date=July 30, 2004 |quote="The basic intent of equal protection is to make sure that people are treated as equally as possible under our legal system. For example, it is to see that everyone who gets a speeding ticket will face the samEpocedures [sic!]. A further intent is to ensure that all Americans are provided with equal opportunities in education, employment, and other areas. [...] The U.S. Constitution makes a similar provision in the Fourteenth Amendment. It says that no state shall make or enforce any law that will "deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the law." These provisions require the government to treat persons equally and impartially."}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Equal Protection |url=https://www.law.cornell.edu/wex/equal_protection |publisher=Legal Information Institute at
A primary motivation for this clause was to validate the equality provisions contained in the [[W:Civil Rights Act of 1866|Civil Rights Act of 1866]], which guaranteed that all citizens would have the guaranteed right to equal protection by law. As a whole, the Fourteenth Amendment marked a large shift in American constitutionalism, by applying substantially more constitutional restrictions against the states than had applied before the
The meaning of the Equal Protection Clause has been the subject of much debate, and inspired the well-known phrase "
While the Equal Protection Clause itself applies only to state and local governments, the Supreme Court held in ''
== "One man, one vote" ==
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In the [[United States]], the "one person, one vote" principle was invoked in a series of cases by the
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