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Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment
The Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment is a clause within 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". A…