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Equal justice under law

Index Equal justice under law

Equal justice under law is a phrase engraved on the front of the United States Supreme Court building in Washington D.C. It is also a societal ideal that has influenced the American legal system. [1]

48 relations: Ancient Greece, Architect of the Capitol, Athens, Benjamin Jowett, Burglary, Cass Gilbert, Charles Evans Hughes, Chicago Tribune, Cooper v. Aaron, David Josiah Brewer, David Lynn (architect), Equal Protection Clause, Equality before the law, Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, Fritz G. Lanham, Henry Billings Brown, Henry W. Keyes, Herbert Bayard Swope, History of the Peloponnesian War, Horace Gray, Indictment, James A. Reed, Jim Chen, John Marshall Harlan, Joseph P. Bradley, Law of the United States, Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar II, Maxwell v. Dow, Melville Fuller, Oath of office, Pediment, Pericles, Pericles' Funeral Oration, Plessy v. Ferguson, Rex Warner, Richard N. Elliott, Robinson v. California, Rufus Wheeler Peckham, Samuel Blatchford, Stephen Johnson Field, Thucydides, Thurgood Marshall, United States Constitution, United States Supreme Court Building, Washington, D.C., Williams v. Florida, Willis Van Devanter, Yick Wo v. Hopkins.

Ancient Greece

Ancient Greece was a civilization belonging to a period of Greek history from the Greek Dark Ages of the 13th–9th centuries BC to the end of antiquity (AD 600).

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Architect of the Capitol

The Architect of the Capitol (AOC) is the federal agency responsible for the maintenance, operation, development, and preservation of the United States Capitol Complex, and also the head of that agency.

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Athens

Athens (Αθήνα, Athína; Ἀθῆναι, Athênai) is the capital and largest city of Greece.

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Benjamin Jowett

Benjamin Jowett (modern variant; 15 April 1817 – 1 October 1893) was renowned as an influential tutor and administrative reformer in the University of Oxford, a theologian and translator of Plato and Thucydides.

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Burglary

Burglary (also called breaking and entering and sometimes housebreaking) is an unlawful entry into a building or other location for the purposes of committing an offence.

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Cass Gilbert

Cass Gilbert (November 24, 1859 – May 17, 1934) was a prominent American architect.

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Charles Evans Hughes

Charles Evans Hughes Sr. (April 11, 1862 – August 27, 1948) was an American statesman, Republican politician, and the 11th Chief Justice of the United States.

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Chicago Tribune

The Chicago Tribune is a daily newspaper based in Chicago, Illinois, United States, owned by Tronc, Inc., formerly Tribune Publishing.

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Cooper v. Aaron

Cooper v. Aaron,, was a landmark decision of the Supreme Court of the United States, which held that the states are bound by the Court's decisions and must enforce them even if the states disagreed with them.

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David Josiah Brewer

David Josiah Brewer (June 20, 1837 – March 28, 1910) was an American jurist and an Associate Justice of the US Supreme Court for 20 years.

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David Lynn (architect)

David Lynn (November 10, 1873 – May 25, 1961) was an American architect and honorary member of the American Institute of Architects.

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Equal Protection Clause

The Equal Protection Clause is part of the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution.

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Equality before the law

Equality before the law, also known as: equality under the law, equality in the eyes of the law, or legal equality, is the principle that each independent being must be treated equally by the law (principle of isonomy) and that all are subject to the same laws of justice (due process).

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Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution

The Fourteenth Amendment (Amendment XIV) to the United States Constitution was adopted on July 9, 1868, as one of the Reconstruction Amendments.

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Fritz G. Lanham

Frederick Garland "Fritz" Lanham (January 3, 1880 – July 31, 1965) was a member of the United States House of Representatives from the state of Texas.

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Henry Billings Brown

Henry Billings Brown (March 2 1836 – September 4 1913) was an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States from 29 December 1890 to 28 May 1906.

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Henry W. Keyes

Henry Wilder Keyes (pronounced to rhyme with "lies") (May 23, 1863June 19, 1938) was a Republican politician from Haverhill, New Hampshire.

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Herbert Bayard Swope

Herbert Bayard Swope Sr. (January 5, 1882 – June 20, 1958) was a U.S. editor, journalist and intimate of the Algonquin Round Table.

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History of the Peloponnesian War

The History of the Peloponnesian War (Ἱστορίαι, "Histories") is a historical account of the Peloponnesian War (431–404 BC), which was fought between the Peloponnesian League (led by Sparta) and the Delian League (led by Athens).

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Horace Gray

Horace Gray (March 24, 1828 – September 15, 1902) was an American jurist who ultimately served on the United States Supreme Court.

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Indictment

An indictment is a formal accusation that a person has committed a crime.

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James A. Reed

James Alexander Reed (November 9, 1861September 8, 1944) was an American Democratic Party politician from Missouri.

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Jim Chen

Jim Chen is a Professor at Michigan State University College of Law (beginning July 2013), where he teaches Constitutional Law, Regulatory State, and upper-level electives such as Agriculture Law.

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John Marshall Harlan

John Marshall Harlan (June 1, 1833October 14, 1911) was an American lawyer and politician who served as an associate justice on the U.S. Supreme Court.

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Joseph P. Bradley

Joseph Philo Bradley (March 14, 1813 – January 22, 1892) was an American jurist best known for his service on the United States Supreme Court, and on the Electoral Commission that decided the disputed 1876 presidential election.

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Law of the United States

The law of the United States comprises many levels of codified and uncodified forms of law, of which the most important is the United States Constitution, the foundation of the federal government of the United States.

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Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar II

Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar II (September 17, 1825January 23, 1893) was an American politician, diplomat, and jurist.

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Maxwell v. Dow

Maxwell v. Dow,, is a United States Supreme Court decision which addressed two questions relating to the Due Process Clause.

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Melville Fuller

Melville Weston Fuller (February 11, 1833 – July 4, 1910) was a politician, lawyer, and judge from Illinois.

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Oath of office

An oath of office is an oath or affirmation a person takes before undertaking the duties of an office, usually a position in government or within a religious body, although such oaths are sometimes required of officers of other organizations.

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Pediment

A pediment is an architectural element found particularly in classical, neoclassical and baroque architecture, and its derivatives, consisting of a gable, usually of a triangular shape, placed above the horizontal structure of the entablature, typically supported by columns.

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Pericles

Pericles (Περικλῆς Periklēs, in Classical Attic; c. 495 – 429 BC) was a prominent and influential Greek statesman, orator and general of Athens during the Golden Age — specifically the time between the Persian and Peloponnesian wars.

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Pericles' Funeral Oration

Pericles' Funeral Oration is a famous speech from Thucydides' History of the Peloponnesian War.

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Plessy v. Ferguson

Plessy v. Ferguson, 163 U.S. 537 (1896),.

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Rex Warner

Rex Warner (9 March 1905 – 24 June 1986) was an English classicist, writer and translator.

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Richard N. Elliott

Richard Nash Elliott (April 25, 1873 – March 21, 1948) was a U.S. Representative from Indiana.

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Robinson v. California

Robinson v. California,, is the first decision of the United States Supreme Court in which the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution was interpreted to prohibit criminalization of particular acts or conduct, as contrasted with prohibiting the use of a particular form of punishment for a crime.

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Rufus Wheeler Peckham

Rufus Wheeler Peckham (November 8, 1838 – October 24, 1909) was an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States from 1895 until 1909.

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Samuel Blatchford

Samuel M. Blatchford (March 9, 1820 – July 7, 1893) was an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States from April 3, 1882 until his death.

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Stephen Johnson Field

Stephen Johnson Field (November 4, 1816 – April 9, 1899) was an American jurist.

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Thucydides

Thucydides (Θουκυδίδης,, Ancient Attic:; BC) was an Athenian historian and general.

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Thurgood Marshall

Thurgood Marshall (July 2, 1908January 24, 1993) was an American lawyer, serving as Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States from October 1967 until October 1991.

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United States Constitution

The United States Constitution is the supreme law of the United States.

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United States Supreme Court Building

The Supreme Court Building is the seat of the Supreme Court of the United States and the Judicial Branch thereof.

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Washington, D.C.

Washington, D.C., formally the District of Columbia and commonly referred to as Washington or D.C., is the capital of the United States of America.

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Williams v. Florida

Williams v. Florida, 399 U.S. 78 (1970), is a United States Supreme Court case in which the Court held that the Fifth Amendment does not entitle a defendant in a criminal trial to refuse to provide details of his alibi witnesses to the prosecution, and that the Sixth Amendment does not require a jury to have 12 members.

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Willis Van Devanter

Willis Van Devanter (April 17, 1859 – February 8, 1941) was an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States from January 3, 1911, to June 2, 1937.

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Yick Wo v. Hopkins

Yick Wo v. Hopkins, 118 U.S. 356 (1886),.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Equal_justice_under_law

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