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Bernal v. Fainter 467 U.S. 216 (1984) is a case in which the Supreme Court of the United States ruled that the Equal Protection Clause prohibited the state of Texas from barring noncitizens from applying for commission as a notary public.The Supreme Court recognized that legal aliens are a suspect class (citing Graham v. Richardson 403 U.S. 365 (1971)) and therefore any law applying to legal aliens as a class is subject to strict scrutiny.