jerry@oliveb.UUCP (Jerry Aguirre) (10/27/84)
>Section 1 . All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and >subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States >and of the State wherein they reside. No State shall make or enforce >any law which shall abridge the priveleges or immunities of citizens of >the United States; nor shall any State deprive any person of life, >liberty, or property , without due process of law; nor deny >to any person within its jusisdiction the equal protection of the laws. > >Doesn't that about cover it? Note the use of "person" throughout. >Perhaps we just need interpretation and enforcement of what we already have. > > Ted Nolan ..usceast!ted But this only refers to what the "STATE" does. It doesn't say a damn thing about what XXX corporation does. I thought the whole ERA thing was about descrimination in hiring, credit, etc. Is this right? Jerry Aguirre {hplabs|fortune|idi|ihnp4|ios|tolerant|allegra|tymix}!oliveb!jerry
bmt@we53.UUCP ( B. M. Thomas ) (11/01/84)
>But this only refers to what the "STATE" does. It doesn't say a damn >thing about what XXX corporation does. I thought the whole ERA thing >was about descrimination in hiring, credit, etc. Is this right? > > Jerry Aguirre Then what is "equal protection of the laws"?