Equal Protection of the Law

What is Equal Protection of the Law?

A clause within the text of the Fourteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, prohibiting the denial of equal protection of the law to any person within its jurisdiction.

Further Reading

For more detailed information, see our related Constitutional Law terms:

• Jurisdiction
• Article III of the U.S. Constitution
• Fourteenth Amendment
• Brown v. Board of Education
• Due Process