Socony-Vacuum Oil Co. v. Collins

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• concluding that “under Diaz, the provisions of the Welfare Reform Act at issue in this case must be reviewed under rational basis scrutiny”
• recognizing the federal government’s “plenary authority over issues of immigration and naturalization.”
• pointing out that Diaz “characterizfed] Congress’ decision to restrict certain aliens’ eligibility for welfare benefits as a decision ‘in the area of immigration and naturalization’ ”
• “[W]e cannot say that it was irrational for Congress to decide to achieve its budget objectives by eliminating aliens from these [federal benefit] programs.”
• “Congress was entitled to conclude that achieving savings by elimi nating these benefits to aliens was sufficiently compatible with the other policy objectives that it sought to foster through this legislation.”
• challenge to provisions of Welfare Reform Act that distinguished between U.S. citizens and non- citizens

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