Opinion of the Justices to the Senate
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
The following order was passed by the Senate on February 16, 1922, and was transmitted to the Justices of the Supreme Judicial Court on February 27, 1922. Whereas, The Governor of the Commonwealth has recommended to the General Court that the opinions of the Justices of the Supreme Judicial Court be obtained as to “whether the spirit and meaning of the Nineteenth Amendment to the Federal Constitution has not given to women the right to hold all offices under the Constitution…
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The following order was passed by the Senate on February 16, 1922, and was transmitted to the Justices of the Supreme Judicial Court on February 27, 1922. Whereas, The Governor of the Commonwealth has recommended to the General Court that the opinions of the Justices of the Supreme Judicial Court be obtained as to “whether the spirit and meaning of the Nineteenth Amendment to the Federal Constitution has not given to women the right to hold all offices under the Constitution of Massachusetts,” and Whereas, There is pending before the General Court a bill entitled “An Act further to define the…
1Opinion of the Court
On April 13, 1922, the Justices returned the following answers:
To the Honorable the Senate and the House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts:
*604The Justices of the Supreme Judicial Court respectfully submit these answers to the questions set forth in the order of February 16, 1922.
The questions are considered strictly with reference to the pending bill, copy of which accompanies the order.
Prior to the adoption of the Nineteenth Amendment to the Constitution of'the United States women were not voters and could not be made by the General Court voters at State elections or for…
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