Indiana Constitution Article 1 Section 23

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constitutional provision state constitutional equal privileges and immunities clause

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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Label	Occurrences
Indiana Constitution Article 1 Section 23 canonical	1

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	constitutional provision ⓘ state constitutional equal privileges and immunities clause ⓘ
appliesTo	Indiana General Assembly NERFINISHED ⓘ 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 NERFINISHED ⓘ
enforcedBy	Indiana judiciary NERFINISHED ⓘ
goal	ensure equal legal privileges for similarly situated citizens ⓘ prevent favoritism toward particular classes of citizens ⓘ
interpretedBy	Indiana Court of Appeals NERFINISHED ⓘ Indiana Supreme Court NERFINISHED ⓘ
jurisdiction	State of Indiana NERFINISHED ⓘ
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 NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf	Indiana Constitution NERFINISHED ⓘ
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 → contains → Indiana Constitution Article 1 Section 23 ⓘ

subject surface form: Article 1: Bill of Rights (Indiana Constitution)