[P-Marlowe]

Senate Republicans on Tuesday unveiled a new narrative ahead of Sonia Sotomayor's confirmation hearings, questioning her commitment to constitutional guarantees on the right to keep and bear arms and equal treatment under the law regardless of race or gender.

There is no constitutional right to equal treatment based on "gender".

[WayneS]

Yes there is.

The 14th Amendment’s usage of the word “person” covers it quite nicely, which is why the “ERA” was wholly unnecessary.

Unless, of course, one is a member of some bizarre religious sect that does not consider women to be persons.

[Condor51]

...questioning her commitment to constitutional guarantees on the right to keep and bear arms and equal treatment under the law regardless of race or gender.

**** There is no constitutional right to equal treatment based on "gender". ****

You're right.

But I think what they're getting at are her comments about 'a wise Latina Woman' and Barry's unconstitutional ('I Feel Your Pain') 'empathy requirement' when deciding cases on 'the poor', the 'disadvantaged' and 'single mothers', in spite of what the Law or Constitution says.

That IMO is what the 'gender' reference is about.