Text of Section 1 of the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution
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 privileges 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 jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws. “
The constitution hasn’t stopped the vermin so far.
Here's another equal protection consideration. Men are patted down by men and women are checked by women. Why? To prevent inappropriate sexual contact. Why am I not offered equal protect with respect to homosexual TSA agents?
That also includes members of Congress.