Constitutional law. A statutory classification based on race, national origin, or alienage, and thereby subject to strict scrutiny under equal-protection analysis. • Examples of laws creating suspect classifications are those permitting only U.S. citizens to receive welfare benefits and setting quotas for the government’s hiring of minority contractors. See STRICT SCRUTINY. Cf. FUNDAMENTAL RIGHT. [Cases: […]
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suspect classification 〈美〉可疑分类 如果分类建立在一种自身似乎与既定宪法原则相背的特征之上，如种族、性别等，以致有意使用这种分类都可被视为是值得「怀疑」的，那么法院在确定这种分类的合法性时将依平等保护条款〔Equal Protection Clause〕适用「严格审查」〔strict scrutiny〕标准。
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suspect classification. Constitutional law. A statutory classification based on race, national origin, or alienage, and thereby subject to strict scrutiny under equal-protection analysis. • Examples of laws creating suspect classifications are those permitting only U.S. citizens to receive welfare benefits and setting quotas for the government’s hiring of minority contractors. See STRICT SCRUTINY. Cf. FUNDAMENTAL
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