Their legacy was not only the right to equal political participation for women — it was the right to equal protest for us all.
Their theory was that the city had violated their constitutional right to equal protection.
"The State of New Jersey has promised us the right to equal legal protection," said Ms. Walpin, 58.
"We're claiming the right to equal citizenship — to dream the same dream as straight people," she said.
Democrats cried foul, and three voters sued in federal court, claiming the redistricting deprived them of their right to equal protection.
Thirty-seven of those who were stopped sued the city, contending an unconstitutional seizure as well as a violation of their right to equal protection.
Fortunately, the right to equal protection guaranteed by the 14th Amendment won out over the purported right of states to practice segregation.
But Mr. Sussman obtained a temporary restraining order, arguing that because the district disciplined the boy and not the girls, it violated the wrestler's right to equal protection.
It has been manipulated to entrench the right to difference (a divisive concept) at the expense of the right to equal treatment despite difference (a unifying concept).
If ninety-nine Negro children out of a hundred should be found to be stupid, that hundredth one still has a right to equal educational opportunities".
A federal judge in California, supported by an appellate court panel, has ruled that a ban on same-sex marriage violates the 14th Amendment right to equal protection.
