| United States. Congress. House. Committee on the Judiciary - 1965 - 1226 pages
...State elections.18 Mr. Justice Black, speaking for the Supreme Court in Wesberry v. Sander»," said. "No right is more precious in a free country than...laws under which, as good citizens, we must live. Other rights, even the most basic, are illusory if the right to vote is undermined. Our Constitution... | |
| United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Rules and Administration - 1968 - 258 pages
...right to suffrage in this country. As the Supreme Court recently observed in Wesberry against Sanders: "No right is more precious in a free country than...laws under which, as good citizens, we must live." In an editorial which appeared on January 5, 1967, the Washington Post drew attention to this problem... | |
| United States. Congress. House. Committee on the Judiciary - 1969 - 474 pages
...landmark decision on the right to vote, Western/ v. Sanders, the Supreme Court voiced the same thought : No right is more precious in a free country than that...laws under which, as good citizens, we must live. Other rights, even the most basic, are illusory if the right to vote is undermined. If we as a nation... | |
| United States. Supreme Court - Courts - 1969 - 1136 pages
...protection from infringement by the States.7 Similarly we have said with reference to the right to vote: "No right is more precious in a free country than...laws under which, as good citizens, we must live. Other rights, even the most basic, are illusory if the right to vote is undermined." 8 No extended... | |
| United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on the Judiciary - 1969 - 1080 pages
...facade. In We»berry v. Sanders (376 US 1), the Supreme Court expressed its concern about the franchise: "No right is more precious in a free country than...who make the laws under which, as good citizens, we most live. Other rights, even the most basic, are illusory if the right to vote is undermined. Our... | |
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