Document Type
Article
Media Type
Text
Abstract
The United States Supreme Court has frequently addressed the constitutionality of government fees that indigent persons cannot afford to pay, relying on due process or equal protection principles to decide these cases. The most recent decision by the Supreme Court involving this issue, M.L.B. v. S.L.J., 519 U.S. 102 (1996), relied on a confusing analysis of the applicable constitutional principles. This Article proposes that courts should apply the traditional equal protection analysis to decide this important constitutional issue in the future.
First Page
293
Last Page
304
Publication Date
2-1-2013
Department
Other
ISSN
0734-1490
Language
eng
Publisher
Northern Illinois University Law Review
Recommended Citation
Rose, Henry
(2013)
"The Constitutionality of Government Fees as Applied to the Poor,"
Northern Illinois University Law Review: Vol. 33:
Iss.
2, Article 3.
Suggested Citation
Henry Rose, The Constitutionality of Government Fees as Applied to the Poor, 33 N. Ill. U. L. Rev. 293 (2013).
