Indiana Constitution Article 1 Section 23

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Indiana Constitution Article 1 Section 23 is the state’s equal privileges and immunities clause, prohibiting the General Assembly from granting unequal legal advantages to different classes of citizens without a reasonable basis.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf constitutional provision ⓘ
state constitutional equal privileges and immunities clause ⓘ
appliesTo Indiana General Assembly ⓘ
citizens of Indiana ⓘ
branchConstrained legislative branch of Indiana government ⓘ
classificationRequirement legislative classifications must be reasonably related to inherent differences between classes ⓘ
statutory distinctions must be uniformly applicable to all similarly situated citizens ⓘ
comparedWith Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution ⓘ
enforcedBy Indiana judiciary ⓘ
goal ensure equal legal privileges for similarly situated citizens ⓘ
prevent favoritism toward particular classes of citizens ⓘ
interpretedBy Indiana Court of Appeals ⓘ
Indiana Supreme Court ⓘ
jurisdiction State of Indiana ⓘ
linked to: Indiana
languageType rights-protecting clause ⓘ
legalDoctrine equal privileges and immunities under Indiana law ⓘ
legalEffect limits power of Indiana General Assembly to create unequal legal privileges ⓘ
locatedInSection Article 1 of the Indiana Constitution ⓘ
partOf Indiana Constitution ⓘ
prohibits arbitrary legislative classifications among citizens ⓘ
granting to any citizen or class of citizens privileges or immunities not equally available to all citizens on the same terms ⓘ
requires reasonable basis for legislative classifications among citizens ⓘ
scope applies to privileges and immunities conferred by Indiana law ⓘ
applies to statutory classifications affecting citizens ⓘ
standardOfReview reasonable basis test for legislative classifications ⓘ
subjectMatter classification of citizens ⓘ
equal privileges and immunities ⓘ
legislative power ⓘ
usedIn constitutional challenges to Indiana statutes ⓘ
judicial review of legislative classifications in Indiana ⓘ

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Article 1: Bill of Rights (Indiana Constitution) → contains → Indiana Constitution Article 1 Section 23 ⓘ
subject linked to: Article 1: Bill of Rights