Is equal protection analysis under the Fifth Amendment the same as that under the Fourteenth Amendment?

MultiRegion, United States of America

The following excerpt is from U.S. v. Dubose, 146 F.3d 1141 (9th Cir. 1998):

7 "Equal protection analysis in the Fifth Amendment area is the same as that under the Fourteenth Amendment." Buckley v. Valeo, 424 U.S. 1, 93, 96 S.Ct. 612, 46 L.Ed.2d 659 (1976).

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