 These provisions are universal in their application, to all persons within the territorial jurisdiction, without regard to any differences of race, of color, or of nationality ; and the equal protection of the laws is a pledge of the protection of equal...  Supreme Court Reporter - Page 358by United States. Supreme Court - 1920Full view - About this book
 | Law reports, digests, etc - 1905 - 1204 pages
...prescribed to all for like offenses." It was said In Ylck Wo т. Hopkins, supra, that the guaranty of "the equal protection of the laws Is a pledge of the protection of equal laws." The requirement Is ordinarily satisfied with legislation that accords to every person or class of persons... | |
 | United States. Supreme Court - Law reports, digests, etc - 1886 - 778 pages
...territorial jurisdiction, without regard to any differences of race, of color, or of nationality ; and the equal protection of the laws is a pledge of the protection of equal laws. It is accordingly enacted by § 1977 of the Revised Statutes, that " all persons within the jurisdiction... | |
 | Law reports, digests, etc - 1922 - 956 pages
...territorial jurisdiction, without regard to any differences of race, of color, or of nationality; and the equal protection of the laws is a pledge of the protection of equal laws." Yick Wo v. Hopkins, 118 US 356, 369, 6 Sup. Ct. 1064, 1070 (30 L. Ed. 220); Truax v. Raich. 239 US... | |
 | Electronic journals - 1886 - 968 pages
...amendment are universal in their application, to all persons within the territorial jurisdiction ; and the equal protection of the laws is a pledge of the protection of equal laws. (2) That the ordinances were so administered by the public authorities as to amount to a practical... | |
 | Law reports, digests, etc - 1905 - 1262 pages
...territorial jurisdiction, without regard to any difference of race, or color, or of nationality; and the equal protection of the laws Is a pledge of the protection of equal laws." The provision of the equal protection of the laws is only a rule of Justice and fairness. It creates... | |
 | Electronic journals - 1888 - 428 pages
...be taken away. But, as it has been said by the Supreme Court of the United States, the granting of " the equal protection of the laws is a pledge of the protection of equal laws." Tick Wo v. Hopkins, 118 US, at p. 369. Accordingly, in Pearson v. Portland, 69 Maine, 278, it was held... | |
 | Andrew Jackson Baker - Constitutional law - 1891 - 378 pages
..." persons" within the territory, without regard to differences of race, color or nationality ; and the " equal protection of the laws " is a pledge of the protection of equal laws. Though the law itself be fair on its face, and impartial in appearance, yet if it is applied and administered... | |
 | James Bradley Thayer - Constitutional law - 1895 - 1214 pages
...territorial jurisdiction, without regard to any differences of race, of color, or of nationality; and W Kj -Cup Ϡ f &ĜY It is accordingly enacted by § 1977 of the Revised Statutes, that 'all persons within the jurisdiction... | |
 | William Dameron Guthrie - Political Science - 1898 - 304 pages
...territorial jurisdiction, without regard to any differences of race, of color, or of nationality ; and the equal protection of the laws is a pledge of the protection of equal laws." In United States v. Cruikshank, 92 US 542, 554, Chief Justice Waite said : " The Fourteenth Amendment... | |
 | Law - 1898 - 492 pages
...territorial jurisdiction, without regard to any differences of race, of color, or of nationality; and the equal protection of the laws is a pledge of the protection of equal laws." • There can be no doubt that the fourteenth amendment embraces the case of the present plaintiff,... | |
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