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Catholic University Law R eview Volume 62 | Issue 2 Article 5 2013 Is Economic Protectionism a Legitimate Governmental Interest Under Rational Basis Review ? Roger V. Abbot Follow this and additional works at : /lawreview art of the Constitutional Law Commons, Fourteenth Amendment Commons, and the Law and Economics Commons Recommended Citation Roger V. Abbot, Is Economic Protectionism a Leg itimate Governmental Interest Under Rational Basis Review?, 62 Cath. U. L. Rev. 475 (2014). Available at : /lawreview/vol62/iss2/5 This Comments is brought to you for free and open access by CUA L aw Scholarship Repository. It has been accepted for inclusion in Catholic University Law R eview by an authorized administrator of CUA L aw Scholarship Repository. For more information, please contact edinger@. Is Economic Protectionism a Legitimate Governmental Interest Under Rational Basis Review ? Cover Page Footnote J .D. Candidate, May 2013, The Catholic University of America, Columbus School of Law; M hil, 2008, Oxford University; B.A., 2006, Ox ford University. The author would like to thank rof. Sarah H. Duggin for her guidance and advice, and his colleagues on the Catholic University Law R eview for their diligence. The author is also grateful to Robert McNamara, of The Institute for Justice, for providing copies of two briefs that the laintiff submitted to the District Court in the St. Joseph Abbey case. Finally, the author would also like to thank his parents, Alden and Lou Abbott, grandmother, Annamaria Visich, and fiancée, Margaret Ochocinska, for their love, support, and encouragement. This comments is available in Catholic University Law R eview : /lawreview/vol62/iss2/5 IS ECONOMIC PROTECTIONISM A LEGITIMATE GOVERNMENTAL INTEREST UNDER RATIONAL BASIS REVIEW?