Equal Protection Clause（平等保护条款）：Equal Protection refers to the idea that a governmental body may not deny people equal protection of its governing laws. The governing body state must treat an individual in the same manner as others in similar conditions and circumstances. The Fifth Amendment's Due Process Clause requires the United States government to practice equal protection.The Fourteenth Amendment's Equal Protection Clause requires states to practice equal protection.

平等保护条款，英美法术语，它保障了所有人民在法律之前均可得到同等的对待。此条款是美国宪法第十四条修正案Fourteenth Amendment第一款所包含的三项个人权利中的一项，它规定任何一州对于在其管辖范围内的任何人，不得拒绝给予平等法律保护。尽管按此规定，美国宪法第十四条修正案仅适用于州，但美国最高法院在1954年布朗诉教育委员会案中认为美国宪法第五条修正案的正当法律程序条款（Due Process Clause of the Fifth Amendment）具有法律平等保护的内涵。因而，自1954年开始，法律平等保护（equal protection of the laws）这一宪法概念适用于包括联邦、州和地方的各级美国政府。

参考双语例句：

Participants identified as priority areas for inclusion in the Programme of Action for the Decade the following issues: the right to equality and non-discrimination for people of African descent; education and awareness which recognizes the history, cultures and contributions of people of African descent; the need to disaggregate data; participation and inclusion in all areas of society including decision-making processes; equal protection of the law and countering discrimination in the administration of justice system; the right to development; access to quality education, employment, health and housing; special measures to realise the rights of people of African descent; and the multiple forms of discrimination faced particularly by women and children of African descent among others.

与会者指出以下问题是须纳入《十年行动纲领》的优先领域：非洲人后裔的平等和不受歧视的权利；承认非洲人后裔的历史、文化和贡献的教育和认知；分类数据的必要性；参与和融入社会的所有领域，包括决策进程；平等的法律保护和抵制司法行政系统中的歧视；发展权；获得高质量的教育、就业、医疗和住房；实现非洲人后裔权利的特别措施；非洲裔妇女和儿童等特别面临的多种形式的歧视。

He rules against racial preferences because he thinks the equal protection clause means what it says.

他的裁决反对种族优先政策，那也是因为他认为“保护平等”的法律条文阐意已经十分清楚。

Board of Education that racially segregated schools violated the equal protection clause of the Fourteenth Amendment.

教育委员会认为种族隔离的学校违反了第十四修正案的平等保护条款。