Equal protection

The racially disproportionate nature of the war on drugs is not just devastating to black Americans. It contradicts faith in the principles of justice and equal protection of the laws that should be the bedrock of any constitutional democracy it exposes and deepens the racial fault lines that continue to weaken the country and belies its promise as a land of equal opportunity and it undermines faith among all races in the fairness and efficacy of the criminal justice system. Urgent action is needed, at both the state and federal level, to address this crisis for the American nation. ... 

Equal protection of the laws Cases v. U.S. Cincinnati v. Langan ... 

The court declared that the commerce clause of the Constitution (allowing Congress to regulate interstate commerce) did apply to Puerto Rico as a U.S. territory. It also disposed of the due process and equal protection arguments, citing the rational and practical need for lawmakers to make assumptions based on a person s prior conviction for a crime. 

There were three major issues (1) Did the assault weapons ban violate the state constitution s guarantee of the right of a person to bear arms in defense of himself and the state (2) Did the ban violate equal protection principles by treating gun owners differently based on hard-to-distinguish characteristics of their weapons (3) Was the law an unconstitutional bill of... 

The federal district court ruled that the statute was not vague, because it addresses an understandable core of banned guns and adequately puts gun owners on notice that their weapon could be prohibited. The Court also ruled that the law did not violate anyone s equal protection rights any burden on those rights was acceptable because the rationality of the link between public safety and proscribing assault weapons is obvious. Finally, under the lesser standards protecting commercial speech under the First Amendment, no violation of free speech rights was found. 

In Lewis v. U.S., the Supreme Court holds that the federal government denying felons the right to possess firearms does not infringe on the provisions of the Second Amendment right to keep and bear arms nor on the equal protection clause of the Fourteenth Amendment. 

The deposit is much harder than nickel, so that less weight (about one-fourth) is needed for equal protection. The plating satisfactorily withstands the various hammering, bending, and burnishing tests usually applied. 

In 1994, President Bill Clinton issued Executive Order 12898, requiring all federal agencies to make achieving environmental justice part of their mission . The federal government s definition of environmental justice has two parts equal protection from environmental and health hazards, and equal access to the decision-making processes that create a healthy environment in which to live, learn, and work. EJ is about fair treatment, and about expanding democracy to include everyone who is affected by a decision. 

O.D. 1.0 and k2/ki = 10 only one-tenth the absorber used in film A is needed for film B to provide "equal protection" for the polymer. 

The data shown In Figure 1 are representative of many samples containing channel or furnace type carbon blacks and for a given particle size above 1% concentration both blacks afford equal protection. 

Providing for one or more standby buddy persons, who is equally protected, at a safe distance from the work area but maintaining visual contact with the worker. 

All steel in the structure is equally protected since the admixture is distributed uniformly throughout the concrete. 

All member states should establish easily identifiable and effective surveillance authorities and experts. A proactive approach to market surveillance should be promoted to limit the risks of dangers from nonconforming products. The objectives of market surveillance must be active and effective enforcement, rapid communication on defective products, and equal protection for all citizens. Just as standards are the foundation for safe product design, so is effective market surveillance the cornerstone for securing consumer confidence in the Single Market. 

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