By Stephanie Parker, Jones Day (April 30, 2017, 11:14 PM EDT) -- Chiseled into the marble on the west face of the U.S. Supreme Court building, perched above the bronze gates, sits the simple phrase: "Equal Justice Under Law." Chief Justice Charles Evans Hughes quietly approved the inscription in 1932, roughly halfway between Plessy v. Ferguson (1896) and Brown v. Board of Education (1954). Like so many others in our Nation's history, the phrase was thus written as a great and noble promise, but one that had not yet been fulfilled. It stood then, as it stands now, as both a powerful inspiration and an indelible reminder of the essential link between equal protection and the rule of law — a connection that might be ignored, but cannot be erased. On this Law Day 2017, which the American Bar Association has marked to celebrate the transformational effect of the 14th Amendment on American democracy, it is important to remember the contributions of a giant in the legal profession, Erwin Griswold....