What does "equal protection under the law" mean?
everyone is entitled to the same economic opportunities in a state, regardless of ability.
everyone has the right to participate in all legal activities in a state, regardless of cost.
everyone who breaks a law should receive punishment based on their race or class.
everyone has the same remedies if they think they have been unlawfully discriminated against.

Two gymnastics teams are intense rivals. the first team has started recruiting new gymnasts from different cities and even foreign countires in an effort to build a stronger team. after learning this, the secondteam begins its own recruitment campaign to find better gymnasts. over a period of months, each team recruits dozens of players, each time trying to find a better recruit than its rivals most recent addition. which idea from the cold war is most similar to this scenario