![]() ![]() ![]() * * * * * * Under traditional equal protection principles, a State retains broad discretion to classify as long as its classification has a reasonable basis. 1848, 1851-1852, 29 L.Ed.2d 534 (1971), wherein the court announced: 'The Fourteenth Amendment provides, `or shall any State deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws.' It has long been settled, and it is not disputed here, that the term `person' in this context encompasses lawfully admitted resident aliens as well as citizens of the United States and entitles both citizens and aliens to the equal protection of the laws of the State in which they reside. The leading principles governing the case at bar were recently enunciated in Graham v. ![]()
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