John Stiles v. Roy D. Blunt, William L. Webster

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• holding that minimum age requirement for Missouri state representatives to be 24 years old was “rationally related to the state’s legitimate interest in having qualified representatives,” and did not violate underage candidate’s equal protection rights
• applying rational basis review to Missouri's minimum age requirement for state legislative office while withholding the court's own evaluation of the law's wisdom
• upholding Missouri’s statutory requirement that state representatives be at least 24 years of age under rational basis review
• finding \no evidence that the [Missouri] legislature intended to change the sensible and time-honored method of calculating age when it enacted section 1.205\
• recognizing \the right to run for public office\
• observing strict scrutiny review applies where challenged classification affects suspect class; under that standard, classification is upheld only if it is necessary to promote compelling state interest

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