 Plessy v. Ferguson (1896) In view of the Constitution, in the eye of the law, there is in this country no superior, dominant, ruling class of citizens. There is no caste here. Our Constitution is color-blind, and neither knows nor tolerates classes among...  Great Decisions of the U.S. Supreme Court - Stran xiuredili: - 2003 - 294 straniOmejen predogled - O knjigi
 | United States. Supreme Court, John Chandler Bancroft Davis, Henry Putzel, Henry C. Lind, Frank D. Wagner - 1962 - 904 strani
...group. As the first Mr. Justice Harlan stated in dissent in Plessy v. Ferguson, supra, at 559, ". . . in view of the Constitution, in the eye of the law,...is no caste here. Our Constitution is color-blind . . . ." MR. JUSTICE HARLAN, concurring in the judgment. I agree that these convictions are unconstitutional,... | |
 | 1897 - 606 strani
...remains trae to its great heritage and holds fast to the principles of constitutional liberty. But in view of the Constitution, in the eye of the law,...civil rights, all citizens are equal before the law. ... It is therefore to be regretted that this high tribunal, the final expositor of the fundamental... | |
 | United States. Supreme Court - 1897 - 1180 strani
...remains true to its great heritage and holds fail to tbe principles of constitutional liberty. But in view of the Constitution, in the eye of the law,...civil rights, all citizens are equal before the law. The humblest is the peer of the most powerful. The law regards man as man, and takes no account of... | |
 | United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on the Judiciary - 1957 - 956 strani
...quoted than the majority opinion, and it has important lessons for us today. It reads in part : "But In view of the Constitution, in the eye of the law there is in this country no sui>erior, dominant, ruling class of citizens. There is no caste here. Our Constitution is colorblind,... | |
 | United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on the Judiciary - 1959 - 710 strani
...remains true to its great heritage and holds fast to the principles of constitutional liberty. But in view of the Constitution, in the eye of the law,...civil rights, all citizens are equal before the law. The humblest is the peer of the most powerful. The law regards man as man, and takes no account of... | |
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