 | 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... | |
 | 1922 - 956 pages
...within the term "any person." "These provisions are universal in their application, to all persona within the territorial jurisdiction, without regard...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... | |
 | 1901 - 1166 pages
...Ii. Ed. 220. It was the case of an unnaturalized Chinaman, and it was held that the "constitutional provisions are universal in their application to all...differences of race, of color, or of nationality." See, also, Fraser v. McConway & Torley Co. (CC) 82 Fed. 257. While an alien Is not entitled to the... | |
 | 1886 - 968 pages
...all the others, except one, were granted. Held (1), That the provisions of the fourteenth 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... | |
 | United States. Supreme Court - 1887 - 1244 pages
...due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws." These provisions are universal in their application,...protection of equal laws. It is accordingly enacted by section 1977 of the Revised Statutes, that "All persons within the jurisdiction of the United States... | |
 | 1905 - 1262 pages
...placed." In Yick Wo v. Hopkins, suprn. the court said: "These provisions [of the fourteenth amendment] are universal In their application to all persons...the 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... | |
 | 1888 - 428 pages
...under consideration, are, in the language of the Supreme Court of the United States (Matthews J.), "universal in their application to all persons within...jurisdiction, without regard to any differences of race, color, or of nationality." Tick Wo v. Hopkins, 118 US, at p. 369. And the remark of Taney, CJ, in Scott... | |
 | 1904 - 1246 pages
...guarantied by the fourteenth amendment to the Constitution of the United States, and, as has been said : "These provisions are universal In their application,...persons within the territorial jurisdiction, without repard to any differences of race, of color, or of nationality; and the equal protection of the laws... | |
 | John Houston Merrill, Charles Frederic Williams, Thomas Johnson Michie, David Shephard Garland - 1889 - 1056 pages
...under consideration, are, in the language of the Supreme Court of the United States (MATTHEWS, J.), 'universal in their application to all persons within...jurisdiction, without regard to any differences of race, color or nationality.' Yick Wo v. Hopkins, 118 US 3156, 369." See also Dred Scott v. Sandford, 19 How.... | |
 | Andrew Jackson Baker - 1891 - 378 pages
...applicable alike to all " 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... | |
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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... 
