Sentence examples for Alienage from inspiring English sources

We can only conclude that classifications based upon sex, like classifications based upon race, alienage, or national origin, are inherently suspect, and must therefore be subjected to strict judicial scrutiny.

"We can now determine alienage," Madrid said.

"This appropriation discriminated on the basis of alienage and national origin," wrote Justice Robert J. Cordy of the Supreme Judicial Court, ruling that the action "violates their rights to equal protection under the Massachusetts Constitution".

The Supreme Court has ruled that "discrimination on the basis of alienage must advance a compelling State interest by the least restrictive means available".

When she becomes pregnant, Jack sees only one way out of his false marriage and the gangster's power: entering the government's Chinese Confession Program, in which amnesty is offered to anyone who declares his illegal presence in the country — who "concedes alienage," in an existential turn of phrase.