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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. "
Equal Protection: Rights and Liberties Under the Law
by Francis Graham Lee - 2003 - 383 pages
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United States Reports: Cases Adjudged in the Supreme Court at ..., Volume 163

United States. Supreme Court, John Chandler Bancroft Davis, Henry Putzel, Henry C. Lind, Frank D. Wagner - Courts - 1896 - 770 pages
...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,...neither knows nor tolerates classes among citizens. In respect of civil rights, all citizens are equal before the law. The humblest is the peer of the most...
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The American and English Railroad Cases: A Collection of All Cases ...

Railroad law - 1896 - 746 pages
...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,...neither knows nor tolerates classes among citizens. In respect of civil rights, all citizens are equal before the law. The humblest is the peer of the most...
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Cases Argued and Decided in the Supreme Court of the United ..., Volumes 163-166

United States. Supreme Court - Law reports, digests, etc - 1901 - 1406 pages
...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...
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Civil Rights, 1959, Volumes 3-4

United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on the Judiciary. Subcommittee on Constitutional Rights - Civil rights - 1959 - 1408 pages
...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,...neither knows nor tolerates classes among citizens. In respect of civil rights, all citizens are equal before the law. The humblest is the peer of the most...
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Hearings, Reports and Prints of the Senate Committee on the Judiciary

United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on the Judiciary - Administrative procedure - 1957 - 956 pages
...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...neither knows nor tolerates classes among citizens. In respect of civil rights, all citizens areequal before the law. The humblest is the peer of the most...
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Civil Rights, 1957: Hearings Before the Subcommittee on Constitutional ...

United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on the Judiciary. Subcommittee on Constitutional Rights - Civil rights - 1957 - 948 pages
...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...neither knows nor tolerates classes among citizens. In respect of civil rights, all citizens are equal before the law. The humblest is the peer of the most...
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Civil Rights, 1959, Volumes 3-4

United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on the Judiciary. Subcommittee on Constitutional Rights - Civil rights - 1959 - 1506 pages
...remains true to its great heritage and lolds fast to the principles of constitutional liberty. But in new of the Constitution, in the eye of the law, there is in this jountry no superior, dominant, ruling class of citizens. There s no caste here. Our Constitution is...
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Report of the United States Commission on Civil Rights

United States Commission on Civil Rights - Civil rights - 1959 - 696 pages
...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...
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United States Reports: Cases Adjudged in the Supreme Court at ..., Volume 368

United States. Supreme Court, John Chandler Bancroft Davis, Henry Putzel, Henry C. Lind, Frank D. Wagner - Courts - 1962 - 930 pages
...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,...
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United States Reports: Cases Adjudged in the Supreme Court at ..., Volume 368

United States. Supreme Court, John Chandler Bancroft Davis, Henry Putzel, Henry C. Lind, Frank D. Wagner - Courts - 1962 - 934 pages
...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....
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