Equal Protection Argument

As a country that prides itself on serving justice to everyone and diversity, who would we be to deny equal protection under the law? Equal protection gives the oppressed a sense of safety, and comfort knowing that despite having small differences that may set them apart from everyone else they’ll still be treated equally and not ostracized for things they cannot control. The Equal Protection clause took effect in 1868 after the Civil Rights Act of 1866 and states that a state cannot deny any person within its jurisdiction equal protection under the law. To put it simply, the laws must apply to an individual the same way they they do to people in similar situations. A democracy prospers when all of it’s citizens are seen as equal and are …show more content…
The Equal Protection clause ensured that it wouldn’t find it’s way in the courtroom as well. Without ensuring that Equal Protection exists we would be single handedly destroying what our country was built on. Providing equal protection under the law was a turning point for our country and it’s democracy. Without equal protection under the law it wouldn’t be looked as unconstitutional for the courts to discriminate against someone for their race, sexuality, religion, and so on. Imagine being looked at differently by a country that is just as much yours as it is the next person’s simply because you have a different skin tone? Luckily, due to the Equal Protection Clause that doesn’t happen as often as it would if Equal Protection under the law didn’t exist in our constitution.
Equal Protection was subsequently executed after the 13th amendment which abolished slavery. At the time it stopped past slaves from being treated differently because of their background, and allowed them to pursue their lives just like any other citizen. The Bill of Rights had to apply to them as well and they legally couldn’t be denied the rights that white citizens