Legal Opinion · Dissent

Harris v. Anderson

Supreme Court of Kansas

Decided March 1, 1965No. 44,026Published

1DissentFatzer, J.

This case involves what is in simple truth one of the gravest constitutional crises ever to face this state, however ill-understood it may be. Rroadly speaking, the grave issue is whether this nation will become a consolidated government absolute in its jurisdiction, with state governments existing only to exercise their powers by its sufferance, or remain a union of states and a nation of people as intended by the founding fathers.

I do not voice the equivalent of the ancient protest of the defeated litigant, nor do I wish to be intransigent, nor participate in any popular hue and cry against…

2Cases cited51 opinions

  1. Baker v. CarrSupreme Court of the United States · 1962
  2. Yick Wo v. HopkinsSupreme Court of the United States · 1886
  3. Reynolds v. SimsSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
  4. United States v. ClassicSupreme Court of the United States · 1941
  5. Snowden v. HughesSupreme Court of the United States · 1944

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