Possible court stories: a preliminary guide.(Welfare - Media Opportunity)

The Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 is likely to be contested in the courts, especially concerning implementation. However, most areas of the Act do not violate constitutional law. The provisions that may be successfully challenged involve the separation of church and state and benefits for legal immigrants since these touch on areas of constitutional protection. Otherwise, Congress was within its constitutional authority in the crafting of the Act.

Almost as soon as Congress enacted welfare reform under the rubric of the Personal Responsi