What is the "rational basis" test for determining whether a statute has a permissible purpose?
"New York", United States of America
The following excerpt is from Proceeding for Support Under Article 4 of Family Court Act, Matter of, 380 N.Y.S.2d 904, 85 Misc.2d 637 (N.Y. Fam. Ct. 1976):
In McGowen v. Maryland, 366 U.S. 420, 425--26, 81 S.Ct. 1101, 6 L.Ed.2d 393 (1960), this principle was applied as the 'rational basis' test. In essence, the court was to determine whether the statute had a permissible purpose and whether the classifications drawn have a reasonable relation to such purpose.
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