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Welfare / Sylvia Engdahl, book editor.

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Detroit : Greenhaven Press, c2011.

Public welfare -- Law and legislation -- United States -- Juvenile literature.

Welfare recipients -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- United States -- Juvenile literature.

9780737751109 (hbk.) :

073775110X (hbk.)

Issues on trial.

199 p. ; 24 cm.

Chapter 1: Denying welfare payments based on an unmarried mother's morality. Case overview: King v. Smith (1968) -- Majority opinion: Fatherless children are entitled to support regardless of their mother's relationships / Earl Warren -- Appellants' brief: Denying welfare payments on the basis of a woman's relationships is reasonable / MacDonald Gallion et al. -- Women were subject to invasion of privacy by welfare investigators / Anne M. Valk -- King v. Smith endorsed government efforts to promote morality / Anna Marie Smith -- King v. Smith caused the child poverty rate to climb / Janice Shaw Crouse -- Chapter 2: Welfare payments cannot be terminated without a hearing. Case overview: Goldberg v. Kelly (1970) -- Majority opinion: The needs of welfare recipients outweigh the government's interest in conserving funds / William J. Brennan -- Dissenting opinion: Nothing in the Constitution gives judges the power to make laws / Hugo Black -- The Supreme Court justices had conflicting views of due process in Goldberg v. Kelly / Martha F. Davis -- Goldberg v. Kelly will have far-reaching effects / Carol Honsa -- Goldberg v. Kelly has lasting significance / Randy Lee -- Chapter 3: Eligibility for welfare can be conditioned on consent to home visits. Case overview: Wyman v. James (1971) -- Majority opinion: Home visitation of welfare recipients is constitutional / Harry A. Blackmun -- Dissenting opinion: Fourth Amendment protection against searches applies to home visits / Thurgood Marshall -- Wyman v. James settled the issue of visiting welfare recipients' homes / A. Wallace Tashima -- Wyman v. James and later decisions based on it should be overturned / Steven D. Schwinn -- Wyman v. James deprived the poor of the Constitutional protections given to others / Jordan C. Budd -- Chapter 4: Welfare recipients who move to another state are entitled to its benefits. Case overview: Saenz v. Roe (1999) -- Majority opinion: The Fourteenth Amendment guarantees the right to travel / John Paul Stevens -- Dissenting opinion: It is reasonable for a state to require evidence of permanent residence / William Rehnquist -- Welfare rights activists undermine states' efforts toward welfare reform / Matthew Berry -- Saenz will help women who are fleeing abuse / David M. Heger -- Saenz may affect out-of-state college tuition laws / Douglas R. Chartier -- Organizations to contact.

Several articles discusses the issues surrounding welfare.

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