The Fourteenth Amendment expressly forbids states from denying equal protection of the laws to persons in their jurisdictions, but the Supreme Court has held that the federal government is not under any obligation to provide equal protection of the laws.

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The Supreme Court has interpreted the Fifth Amendment's Due Process Clause to impose an equal protection obligation on the federal government, similar to the Fourteenth Amendment's Equal Protection Clause for states.

The Fourteenth Amendment Expressly Forbids States from Denying Equal Protection