Myers and Others v. Anderson; Same v. Howard; Same v. Brown
Supreme Court of the United States
ERROR TO THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE- DISTRICT OF MARYLAND. The facts, which involve the constitutionality under the Fifteenth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States, of the statute of Maryland fixing qualification of voters and containing what has been known as the Grandfather’s Clause, and the construction and application of § 1979, Rev. Stat., are stated in the opinion.
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ERROR TO THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE- DISTRICT OF MARYLAND. The facts, which involve the constitutionality under the Fifteenth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States, of the statute of Maryland fixing qualification of voters and containing what has been known as the Grandfather’s Clause, and the construction and application of § 1979, Rev. Stat., are stated in the opinion. The cases at bar are controlled by the case of Giles v. Harris, 189 U. S. 475. The portions of § 4 of the. Annapolis Registration Law which are alleged in the declaration to be void because of…
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice White
These cases involve some questions which were not in the Guinn Case, No. 96, just decided, ante, p. 347. The foundation question, however, is the same, that is, the operation and effect of the Fifteenth Amendment.
Prior to the adoption of the Fifteenth Amendment the privilege of suffrage was conferred by the constitution of Maryland of 1867' upon “every white male citizen,” but the Fifteenth Amendment by its self-operative force obliterated the word white and caused the qualification therefor to be “every male citizen” and this came to be recognized by the Court of Appeals of the State of…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Guinn v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1915
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