Symposium

Sexual Equality Under the Fourteenth and Equal Rights Amendments

Author: Ruth Bader Ginsburg (Supreme Court of the United States)

Abstract

This Article discusses the two rubrics under which gender-based classifications in the law might be tested: first, the equal protection principle explicit in the fourteenth amendment and implicit in the fifth amendment; and second, the sex equality principle presented in the proposed Equal Rights Amendment.

Keywords: Constitutional amendments, Sex discrimination, Equal protection, Equal Rights Amendment

How to Cite: Ginsburg, R. (1979) “Sexual Equality Under the Fourteenth and Equal Rights Amendments”, Washington University Law Review. 1979(1).