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1. njsbf.org › 2018/11/28 › equal-justice-under-law-isEqual Justice Under Law—Is Everyone Included?

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   Nov 28, 2018 · Later, in an 1891 U.S. Supreme Court case, Chief Justice Melville Fuller wrote: “no State can deprive particular persons or classes of persons of equal and impartial justice under the law.” When the building was designed in 1932, the phrase was shortened again to “Equal Justice Under Law.”

2. constitutingamerica.org › 90day-fp-principle-ofPrinciple of Equal Under the Law - Constituting America

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   Jul 7, 2023 · The concept of equal under the law is pretty straightforward. It means that regardless of race or color, political views, sex, religion, or other characteristics, justice is blind and everyone is treated the same and equally under the law.

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   What is equal justice under law?

   • “Equal Justice under Law,” is the motto inscribed on the frieze of the United States Supreme Court building. Sticklers for semantics say that the modifiers “equal” and “under law” in the Supreme Court’s motto are redundant, because justice by definition is equal treatment under a system of written and publicly accessible rules.

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   Is equal justice meaningless?

   • “If economic status or other disadvantage presents a barrier to fair treatment in a fair system of justice, then equal justice under the law is meaningless,” Professor Condon says. “It is simply an unfulfilled promise.”

   Equal Justice Under Law—Is Everyone Included?

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   Can a state deprive a person of equal and impartial justice?

   • Later, in an 1891 U.S. Supreme Court case, Chief Justice Melville Fuller wrote: “no State can deprive particular persons or classes of persons of equal and impartial justice under the law.” When the building was designed in 1932, the phrase was shortened again to “Equal Justice Under Law.”

   Equal Justice Under Law—Is Everyone Included?

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   Are all equal under the law?

   • From the beginning of our nation’s founding, the concept that all are equal under the law and have equal justice under law has been aspirational. But in the late 1890s, with the Supreme Court of the United States’ Fourteenth Amendment jurisprudence, the concept became concrete. Questions remain about whether the concept has been fully fulfilled.

   Principle of Equal Under the Law - Constituting America

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4. truthout.org › articles › americas-three-tieredAmerica’s Three-Tiered Justice System | Truthout

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   Mar 20, 2013 · Big shots are above the law, the government now admits, but a three-tiered justice system has Congress churning out new bills to keep the prison industry booming. “Equal Justice under Law,” is the motto inscribed on the frieze of the United States Supreme Court building.

5. www.harvardmagazine.com › unequal-justice-americaThe Legal Services Corporation tackles the “justice gap ...

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   America’s unfulfilled promise of “equal justice under law” by Lincoln Caplan. November-December 2017. A young girl jumps rope on the sidewalk next to her family’s belongings after they received a court order of eviction that was carried out by McLennan County deputy constables in Waco, Texas.

6. direct.mit.edu › 107229 › EQUALITY-VS-EQUITYEQUALITY VS. EQUITY | American Journal of Law and Equality ...

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   Sep 1, 2021 · The U.S. Constitution prohibits government denial of “equal protection” of the laws; state and federal statutes guard against discrimination on the basis of individual characteristics (e.g., race, gender, disability, age, sexual orientation or identity). The relevant state or federal authority does not use the term “equity.”

   • Author: Martha Minow

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7. link.springer.com › chapter › 10“Equal Justice under Law”: The American Legal Exception

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   Jan 10, 2017 · More than people in other countries, so runs an argument about the American legal exception, Americans go to court to resolve disputes, rely on law to address social problems, grant special powers to judges, and view many public issues through a distinctly legal lens.

8. community.lawschool.cornell.edu › wp-contentEqual, Accessible, Affordable Justice Under Law: The Civil ...

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   Speaking at the Cornell Law School in April 1991, I sought to explore ways in which we can bring to life the majestic ideal of equal justice under law and its essential component, the speedy and inexpensive resolution of lawsuits. This article continues and elaborates on that discussion.