 In many wealthy countries today, but not in the U.S., welfare rights are protected as a matter of constitutional principle. For example, Section 75 of the Danish Constitution provides that “any person unable to support himself or his dependents shall, where no other person is responsible for his or their maintenance, be entitled to receive public assistance.” And the German Federal Constitutional Court has found that the country’s Basic Law establishes a “Sozialstaat” (reflecting Marshall’s use of ’social’) and secures for every member of society an enforceable right to be provided by government the “material prerequisites which are indispensable for his or her physical existence and for a minimum of participation in social, cultural and political life” (Egidy 2011: 1964).