 | 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... | |
 | 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 - 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... | |
 | 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... | |
 | 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,... | |
 | 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... | |
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... the equal protection of the laws." 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... 
