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Welcome back to Unbiased Politics and to the Unbiased University series.

In today's episode, we are going to be covering the evolution of equal protection.

So we'll cover the basics of equal protection.

And then we'll dive into the Supreme Court because as we've talked about in many

episodes now, the Supreme Court plays a major role in interpreting the text of the Constitution.

And so what the equal protection means today is all because of the Supreme Court pretty much.

So we'll talk about how the Supreme Court went from allowing segregation to striking

it down, to developing the modern system of judicial scrutiny when it comes to determining

when government classifications are constitutional and when they violate the constitution.

There's a lot to talk about as far as equal protection goes. When most people hear the phrase equal protection,

they think it just simply means the government has to treat everyone the same. But constitutionally

speaking, it's actually a lot more complicated than that. There's a lot more nuance to it than just

that. The equalection clause has evolved significantly

over time. You know, it's gone from a post-Civil War safeguard that was designed to protect formerly

enslaved people into quite literally one of the most powerful constitutional tools that is used today to challenge all

kinds of discrimination. So by the end of this episode, you'll understand not only how equal

protection law has developed, but also how courts today decide whether a law passes constitutional

review when it comes to equal protection challenges. So we'll talk about a lot.

Now, up until this point, we've covered the United States Constitution. We've covered the

first 10 amendments to the Constitution, otherwise known as the Bill of Rights. We covered in the last

episode separation of church and state and due process in pretty significant detail. So if you

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