Recently, in a California court interpreters were ordered to take a test designed by other interpreters to obtain a new license that was needed to be an interpreter in the court. After taking the tests, nine current interpreters failed. The people who made the tests up were granted a new license without even having to take the test. The interpreters who failed the tests said they were not guaranteed equal protection from the court because the other interpreters weren’t required to take the test to begin with.
The judge ruled that they were correct. Because the interpreters who made the test didn’t have to take it and pass, it was unfair to all the other interpreters. This relates to equal protection because everyone should be able to have the same opportunity to fail or to pass the test. They shouldn’t have just assumed that the interpreters could have passed the test. The judge also did say that because they made the test, it wouldn't make much sense for them to take it. Although that is correct, they still should have done something else to obtain their new license.
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