Their legacy was not only the right to equal political participation for women — it was the right to equal protest for us all.
"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.
Fortunately, the right to equal protection guaranteed by the 14th Amendment won out over the purported right of states to practice segregation.
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).
When courts weigh whether distinctions among people or groups violate the right to equal protection they generally require just a rational basis for the distinction, a relatively easy standard to meet.
In the following years communists, alleged communists, and their families were frequently denied basic rights (e.g., the right to a fair trial, the right to equal opportunity in employment, and freedom from discrimination).
In fact, some theorists go so far as to limit human rights to a single core right or two for example, the right to life or the right to equal opportunity.
For example, the definition of discrimination includes the denial of reasonable accommodation; the right to equal recognition before the law means a right to legal capacity; and the right to education without discrimination demands "inclusive" education, prohibiting segregation in educational settings.
He argues that the rights to physical integrity and subsistence collectively provide the material preconditions necessary to the enjoyment of all other rights, such as the right to property, the right to equal political participation, and the right to freedom of association.
Furthermore, equality under Article 8(1) does not mean absolute equality, but only assures the right to equal treatment with other individuals in similar circumstances.
