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Bookmark or Share- About the Court - Supreme Court of the United StatesThe Court is the highest tribunal in the Nation for all cases and controversies arising under the Constitution or the laws of the United States. As the final arbiter of the law, the Court is charged with ensuring the American people the promise of equal justice under law and, thereby, also functions as guardian and interpreter of the Constitution.
- The Court and Constitutional Interpretation - Supreme Court of the ...The Court is the highest tribunal in the Nation for all cases and controversies arising under the Constitution or the laws of the United States. As the final arbiter of the law, the Court is charged with ensuring the American people the promise of equal justice under law and, thereby, also functions as guardian and interpreter of the Constitution.
- Equal Justice Under Law: Yick Wo v. Hopkins - Annenberg ClassroomEqual Justice Under Law: Yick Wo v. Hopkins. Summary. In its first constitutional challenge to the equal protection clause of the Fourteenth Amendment, the U.S. Supreme Court decided to hear a case brought by a Chinese immigrant, not an American citizen.
- 14th Amendment | U.S. Constitution | US Law | LII / Legal Information ...No state shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor shall any state deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws.
- Overview — Equal Justice Under LawOur work at Equal Justice Under Law is designed to bring about the change our justice system needs — to stop the seemingly endless cycle of burdens placed on people struggling to get by. We represent those who are underrepresented. We filed the first statewide legal challenges to money bail.
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