Sentence examples for based on equal protection from inspiring English sources

So in the DOMA case the question becomes this: are there five votes for a ruling based on equal protection?

While Mr. Limon's challenge to the Kansas law was based on equal protection, and the majority opinion in the Texas case was based not on that constitutional ground but on due process, it was evidently sweeping enough to encompass equal protection cases as well, Mr. Coles said in an interview.

In the Evancho ruling Monday, the judge's injunction was based on equal protection rather than Title IX.

The gradient colors were separated based on equal amount.

Bonauto cited privacy doctrine, but she based her argument on equal protection, telling the court, "To deny individuals the right to seek personal fulfillment through marriage is, at the most basic level, a denial of the equal citizenship of gay and lesbian people".

This session examines the right of an accused to a transcript based on the equal protection and due process clauses of the Fourteenth Amendment and the right to counsel guaranteed by the Sixth Amendment.

The rule, based on the equal protection clause of the 14th Amendment, is applied to all state elections, including for state legislators, county boards, city council or local school boards.

By basing its judgment on equal protection and due process principles and on the highly specific facts of the case, the court seemed eager to avoid setting any precedent for future cases, especially as to how it reviews state court rulings on state law.

In addition, the court rejected a class-of-one equal protection claim and a claim that the ordinance violated the Due Process clause based on the void-for-vagueness doctrine.

A broad ruling on equal protection grounds, accepting the Obama Administration's argument that legislative classifications based on sexual orientation are entitled to what is known as heightened scrutiny, is what gay-rights advocates are hoping for.

MR. EMERSON: We have never made any argument on equal protection as such, Your Honor.