Leser v. Garnett
Supreme Court of the United States
ERROR AND CERTIORARI TO THE COURT OP APPEALS OP THE STATE OF MARYLAND. Certiorari to a decree of the court below' affirming a decision of the state trial court dismissing a petition by which the plaintiffs in error sought to require the members of the Maryland Board, of Registry to strike the names of specified woman voters from the registration list. The only power to amend the Constitution is contained in Article V, and is a delegated power.
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ERROR AND CERTIORARI TO THE COURT OP APPEALS OP THE STATE OF MARYLAND. Certiorari to a decree of the court below' affirming a decision of the state trial court dismissing a petition by which the plaintiffs in error sought to require the members of the Maryland Board, of Registry to strike the names of specified woman voters from the registration list. The only power to amend the Constitution is contained in Article V, and is a delegated power. Hawke v. Smith, 253 U. S. 221, 227; Dodge v. Woolsey, 18 How. 348. It is a power to “ amend,” granted in general terms. In a series of decisions…
1Opinion of the Court
Mr. Justice Brandéis
delivered the opinion of the court.
On October 12, 1920, Cecilia Streett Waters and Mary D. Randolph, citizens of Maryland, applied for and were granted registration as qualified voters in Baltimore City. To have their names stricken from the list Oscar Leser and others brought this suit in the court of Common Pleas. The only ground of disqualification alleged was that the applicants for registration were women, whereas the constitution of Maryland limits the suffrage to men. Ratification of the proposed Amendment to the Federal Constitution, now known as' the Nineteenth,…
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