Supreme Court· 6/14/1971

Graham v. Richardson

Citations

403 U.S. 365
91 S. Ct. 1848
29 L. Ed. 2d 534
1971 U.S. LEXIS 28

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holding that aliens constitute a specific minority deserving enhanced judicial protection and making alienage a suspect classification under the Equal Protection Clause of the United States Constitution
concluding that a state’s withholding of welfare benefits from lawfully admitted resident aliens who later become indigent “impose[s] auxiliary burdens upon the entrance or residence of aliens” not contemplated by Congress
noting that “the justification of limiting expenses is particularly inappropriate and unreasonable when the discriminated class consists of aliens”
stating that classifications based on race, alienage, and national origin “are inherently suspect and subject to close judicial scrutiny”
recognizing citizens and aliens are entitled to equal protection of the laws of the state in which they reside
stating that “this Court now has rejected the concept that constitutional rights turn upon whether a governmental benefit is characterized as a ‘right’ or as a ‘privilege’”

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Judges: Blackmun

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