rational basis test
Definitions from Case Law · United States Supreme Court
Definitions from Case Law
From 404 U.S. 78 - Richardson v. Belcher · 1971Most cited · 1,474 citing opinions
social welfare classification
A statutory classification in the area of social welfare is consistent with the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment if it is 'rationally based and free from invidious discrimination.' While the present case, involving as it does a federal statute, does not directly implicate the Fourteenth Amendment's Equal Protection Clause, a classification that meets the test articulated in Dandridge is perforce consistent with the due process requirement of the Fifth Amendment.
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