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What exactly does the equal protection clause guarantee?

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What exactly does the equal protection clause guarantee?

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Most basically it grants to the federal government the authority to ensure that the states do not apply their laws or policies in a discriminatory manner. The Fourteenth Amendment does not empower the federal government to intervene in private matters; that is, it cannot prevent certain types of private discrimination.