Quotes About The Equal Protection Clause

#1. There is no proportional representation requirement in the Equal Protection Clause.

Cass Sunstein

#2. It's time to recognize that under the equal protection clause of the United States [Constitution], same-sex couples should have the same rights as anybody else.

Barack Obama

#3. It wouldn't be fair to say that conservatives cherish property the way liberals cherish equality. But it would be fair to say that the takings clause is the conservatives' recipe for judicial activism just as they say liberals have misused the equal protection clause.

Michael Kinsley

#4. Ultimately, I think the Equal Protection Clause does guarantee same-sex marriage in all fifty states.

Barack Obama

#5. Money is speech. It's incongruous to say a multimillionaire can spend as much on his own campaign as he wants, but you can only give $2,300. His free speech rights are different from yours, thus violating the Equal Protection Clause of the Constitution. It's absurd.

Roger Stone

#6. The 'takings' clause of the Fifth Amendment is for conservatives what the equal protection clause of the 14th is for liberals.

Michael Kinsley

#7. I do love this physical world. I love this physical life with you. And the air and the country. The backyard, the gravel in the back alley. The grass. The cool nights. Lying in bed talking with you in the dark.

Kent Haruf

#8. When the 14th Amendment, equal protection clause was enacted, the galleries in the Senate were segregated. Now we have integration.

Arlen Specter

#9. Lies were only as strong as the suckers that believed them.

Jodi Picoult

#10. The attitude is in my personality. It's going to come out in the songs no matter what. If you're pushing the vocal constantly at 10, there's no room for any dynamics. There's no room for any variation in tone. There's no room for anything.

Mike Ness

#11. Observe your internal and external world and rise above it.

Roshan Sharma

#12. Some people you can afford to spend a few minutes with, but not a few hours.

Jim Rohn