The Court thus held that the denial of benefits violate equal protection.

In the worst case, this might violate constitutional protections such as the right to work.

But because they were assigned to those seats on the basis of race, it violated equal protection.

The majority cut across the Court's usual ideological boundaries, ruling that the law violated protections of free speech.

Examples include national security, preserving the lives of multiple individuals, and not violating explicit constitutional protections.

The suit says the officials violated the couple's right to privacy, freedom of speech and equal protection of the laws.

I do not see how a districting plan that favors a politically weak group can violate equal protection.

If different county recount standards violate equal protection, then the outcome of most contested elections in our history has been unconstitutional.

In most cases, illegally gathered evidence is thrown out of Federal courts to deter the police from violating constitutional protections.

"As such," she said, "the statute violates equal protection."