Minor v. Happersett
Supreme Court of the United States
. Error to the Supreme Court of Missouri; the case being thus: The fourteenth amendment to the Constitution of the United States, iu its first section, thus ordains;* “All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United 'States, and of the State wherein they reside. No State shall make or enforce any law, which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States.
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. Error to the Supreme Court of Missouri; the case being thus: The fourteenth amendment to the Constitution of the United States, iu its first section, thus ordains;* “All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United 'States, and of the State wherein they reside. No State shall make or enforce any law, which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States. Nor'shall any State deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor den}' to any person within its…
1Opinion of the Court
The CHIEF JUSTICE
delivered the opinion of the court.
The question is presented in this case, whether, since the adoption of the fourteenth amendment, a woman, who is a citizen of the United States and of the State of Missouri, is a voter in that State, notwithstanding the provision of the constitution and laws of the State, which confine the right of suffrage to men alone. We might, perhaps, decide the case upon other grounds, but this question is fairly made. From the opinion we find that it-was the only one decided in the court below, and it is the only one which has been argued here. The…
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