Equality before the law

• Equality before the law and the social contract: when will the United States finally guarantee its people the equality before the law the social contract demands?

Introduction I. Equality Before the Law as a Precept of the Social Contract II. Constitutional Enforcement of Equality Before the Law III. What the Fo...

• Fordham Urban Law Journal
• Vol. 37 Nbr. 1, February 2010

• Equality Before The Law.

Introduction Employment Equality legislation in Ireland is to be found in the Employment Equality Act 1998 as amended by the Equality Act 2004. This...

• Mondaq Business Briefing
• Nbr. 2007, January 2007

• Equality before the Law and its role for transition to capitalism: thoughts from Hayekian epistemology and social theory.

Abstract With respect to the work of Friedrich August von Hayek, this article points out the importance of the principle of equality of law for econ...

• Journal of Private Enterprise
• Vol. 24 Nbr. 1, September 2008

• Elements of Justice

[...] need might be the predominant principle in a child-parent context, determining what the children are due, whereas equality (in the sense of equality before the law) is what adult citizens are due.

• Freeman
• Vol. 57 Nbr. 9, November 2007

• Equality for All Before the Jamaican Law

The sad side of this public display of inequality is that it has reinforced the public view that policemen are treated as if they are above the law. The military are governed by military law, and the rest of society - including the police - are considered "civilians" because they are under Civil Law. In Jamaica the police have removed themselves from the category "civilians", suggesting that they do not consider themselves under the same Civil Law as ordinary people. In any democratic country, if squads of policemen regularly kick down the doors to people's homes, regularly search people on the street or in their homes without a warrant, regularly round up large numbers of people into trucks without specific cause for "processing", regularly beat their captives, and regularly lock peopl...

• Weekly Gleaner, The; North American ed.
• July 30, 2009

• Sotomayor: Explore, Then Confirm: ; Do Democrats Support Equality Before the Law?

WASHINGTON - Sonia Sotomayor has a classic American story. So does Frank Ricci. Ricci is a New Haven firefighter stationed seven blocks from where Sotomayor went to law school (Yale). Raised in blue-collar Wallingford, Conn., Ricci struggled as a C and D student in public schools ill-prepared to address his serious learning disabilities.

• Charleston Gazette
• June 01, 2009

• Equality before the law

• Arkansas Constitution

• The Exceptional Document

Emphasizing his pride in his country, Obama spoke of America's sacrifices in blood and treasure to restore and preserve freedom in Europe; the U.S.'s "unmatched military capability"; its creation of "the largest economy in the world"; and its "core set of values that are enshrined in our Constitution, in our body of law, in our democratic practices, in our belief in free speech and equality, that, though imperfect, are exceptional." No explanation would be adequate that neglected America's favorable location, protected on the east and west by great oceans and for over a century bordered on the north and south by peaceful neighbors; its abundance of waterways, vast expanses of rich top soil, and loads of buried natural resources; and its religious heritage, which predisposed it to prize...

... it to prize individual freedom, equality before the law, personal belief, private property, hard w...

• Policy Review
• Nbr. 160, April 2010

• Mpac Calls New Tsa Screening Guidelines 'Counterproductive Religious and Ethnic Profiling'

MPAC, like Muslim Americans across the country, is deeply concerned for the safety and security of our nation, however, the use of ethnic and religious profiling will not achieve greater security. In fact, by targeting only certain passengers for additional screening, "'blind spots" can be identified and exploited by violent extremists. Furthermore, the new policy deeply undermines the Obama administration's stated commitment to civil rights, equality before the law, and a much-needed effort to rebuild U.S.-Muslim world relations. The new TSA-guidelines' reactionary and extreme approach recall the "special registration" program enacted by Bush administration following the 9/11 terror attacks. [...] by targeting only certain passengers for additional screening, "'blind spots" can be iden...

• Sentinel; Los Angeles, Calif.
• February 10, 2010

• True Equality Before the Law

Landmark desegregation case was a long time coming; complete equality, integration will require more hard work. On May 17, 1954, the U.S. Supreme Court announced its long- awaited decision that racial segregation in public education was illegal under the Fourteenth Amendment.

• Sunday Gazette-Mail
• March 09, 2004