 | United States. Supreme Court - 1901 - 1416 Seiten
...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, there is in this • uintry no superior, dominant, ruling class o/ citizens. There is no cas' here. Our Constitution... | |
 | United States Commission on Civil Rights - 1959 - 696 Seiten
...Ferguson is even more noteworthy since its reasoning has been substantially adopted by the present Court. "Our Constitution is colorblind, and neither knows nor tolerates classes among citizens," he wrote. "It is, therefore, to be regretted that this high tribunal, the final expositor of the fundamental... | |
 | United States. Supreme Court, John Chandler Bancroft Davis, Henry Putzel, Henry C. Lind, Frank D. Wagner - 1962 - 930 Seiten
...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,... | |
 | United States. Supreme Court, John Chandler Bancroft Davis, Henry Putzel, Henry C. Lind, Frank D. Wagner - 1962 - 934 Seiten
...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....superior, dominant, ruling class of citizens. There is no-caste here. Our Constitution is color-bund . . . ." MR. JUSTICE HARLAN, concurring in the judgment.... | |
 | United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on the Judiciary - 1967 - 1312 Seiten
...protected in the enjoyment of such rights. [163 US at 554] There is no caste here. Our Constitution in color-blind, and neither knows nor tolerates classes among citizens. In respect of civil rights, oil citizens are equal before the law. The humblest is the peer of the most powerful. The • • regards... | |
 | Mathew H. Ahmann - 1969 - 164 Seiten
...the grandfather of the present Justice Harlan, wrote a powerful and prophetic dissent. Arguing that "there is no caste here . . . our Constitution is...neither knows nor tolerates classes among citizens," Justice Harlan predicted that the decision of the majority would "stimulate aggressions more or less... | |
 | Joy Hakim - 2003 - 356 Seiten
...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,...country no superior, dominant, ruling class of citizens. In respect of civil rights, all citizens are equal before the law. The humblest is the peer of the... | |
 | Thomas R. Hietala - 2002 - 404 Seiten
...voice was out of tune with his colleagues and his time. "There is no caste here," he objected in 1896. "Our Constitution is color-blind, and neither knows nor tolerates classes among citizens." He knew that segregation subordinated blacks rather than merely separating them from whites. "The destinies... | |
 | Rainer Forst - 2002 - 364 Seiten
...US 537 (1896), which laid down the principle of "separate but equal" races, Justice Harlan observed: "Our constitution is color-blind, and neither knows nor tolerates classes among citizens." Cited in Gunther (1991, 647). 36. Sandel is referring to the case Goldman v Weinberger 475 US 503 (1986);... | |
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But 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 citizens. 
