Literacy Tests and Voter Requirements in Federal and State Elections: Hearings Before the Subcommittee on Constitutional Rights of the Committee on the Judiciary, United State Senate, Eighty-seventh Congress, Second Session on S. 480, S. 2750, and 2979U.S. Government Printing Office, 1962 - 688 páginas |
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... adopted , what legislation can be adopted , and the form it should take . I welcome the opportunity to hear the witnesses scheduled , as suggested by the distinguished Senator from Wisconsin . The vote is a most basic right of our ...
... adopted , what legislation can be adopted , and the form it should take . I welcome the opportunity to hear the witnesses scheduled , as suggested by the distinguished Senator from Wisconsin . The vote is a most basic right of our ...
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... adopted , as illustrated by the following excerpt from Walter Lippmann's " The Public Philosophy . " " The ... adoption of the Constitution . " The exact figures do not matter . The point is that the voters were not - and we may add that ...
... adopted , as illustrated by the following excerpt from Walter Lippmann's " The Public Philosophy . " " The ... adoption of the Constitution . " The exact figures do not matter . The point is that the voters were not - and we may add that ...
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... adopted and finally become a part of the Constitution , would be a right dependent upon the Constitution of the ... adoption of LITERACY TESTS AND VOTER REQUIREMENTS 19.
... adopted and finally become a part of the Constitution , would be a right dependent upon the Constitution of the ... adoption of LITERACY TESTS AND VOTER REQUIREMENTS 19.
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... adoption of the original Constitution and the adoption of the 17th amendment , no change occurred in the overwhelming ... adopted . CASE LAW Having discussed the historical development of the relevant por- tions of the Constitution , I ...
... adoption of the original Constitution and the adoption of the 17th amendment , no change occurred in the overwhelming ... adopted . CASE LAW Having discussed the historical development of the relevant por- tions of the Constitution , I ...
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... adoption of the 15th amendment , it was within the power of the State to exclude citizens of the United States from voting ... adopted this same interpretation in the fol- lowing language found in Pope v . Williams , 193 U.S. 621 ( 1904 ) ...
... adoption of the 15th amendment , it was within the power of the State to exclude citizens of the United States from voting ... adopted this same interpretation in the fol- lowing language found in Pope v . Williams , 193 U.S. 621 ( 1904 ) ...
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Página 638 - Every person who, under color of any statute, ordinance, regulation, custom, or usage of any State or Territory, subjects, or causes to be subjected, any citizen of the United States or other person within the jurisdiction thereof to the deprivation of any rights, privileges, or immunities secured by the Constitution and laws, shall be liable to the party injured in an action at law, suit in equity, or other proper proceeding for redress.
Página 334 - Oh, what a tangled web we weave when first we practice to deceive!
Página 411 - Though the law itself be fair on its face and impartial in appearance, yet, if it is applied and administered by public authority with an evil eye and an unequal hand, so as practically to make unjust and illegal discriminations between persons in similar circumstances, material to their rights, the denial of equal justice is still within the prohibition of the Constitution.
Página 638 - If two or more persons conspire to injure, oppress, threaten or intimidate any citizen in the free exercise or enjoyment of any right or privilege secured to him by the Constitution or laws of the United States...
Página 190 - All citizens of the United States, who are otherwise qualified by law to vote at any election by the people in any state, territory, district, county, city, parish, township, school district, municipality, or other territorial subdivision, shall be entitled and allowed to vote at all such elections without distinction of race, color, or previous condition of servitude, any constitution, law, custom, usage, or regulation of any state or territory, or by or under its authority, to the contrary notwithstanding.
Página 124 - Section 2. The Congress shall have the power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation.
Página 638 - District to the deprivation of any rights, privileges, or immunities secured or protected by the Constitution or laws of the United States, or to different punishments, pains, or penalties, on account of such inhabitant being an alien, or by reason of his color, or race, than are prescribed for the punishment of citizens, shall be fined not more than $1,000 or imprisoned not more than one year, or both...
Página 637 - Whenever any person has engaged or there are reasonable grounds to believe that any person is about to engage in any act or practice which would deprive any other person...
Página 228 - ... vacancies happen in the representation of any State in the Senate, the executive authority of such State shall issue writs of election to fill such vacancies: Provided, That the legislature of any State may empower the executive thereof to make temporary appointments until the people fill the vacancies by election as the legislature may direct. This amendment shall not be so construed as to affect the election or term of any Senator chosen before it becomes valid as part of the Constitution.
Página 487 - Everyone is entitled to all the rights and freedoms set forth in this Declaration, without distinction of any kind, such as race, colour, sex, language, religion, political or other opinion, national or social origin, property, birth or other status.