Punishment for the Crime of Lynching: Hearings Before a Subcommittee...on S. 1978...Feb. 20 and 21, Mar. 16, 1934 |
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Página 44
It is sufficient to say that our posting of a $ 1 , 000 reward for information leading
to the conviction of any member of the mob brought not a single bit of information
from any source , despite the fact that the identity of the lynchers was known to a
...
It is sufficient to say that our posting of a $ 1 , 000 reward for information leading
to the conviction of any member of the mob brought not a single bit of information
from any source , despite the fact that the identity of the lynchers was known to a
...
Página 137
Even that was not assumed as a fact . It was proven . It is much more difficult to
presume as a fact that the sheriff is acting for the State when a lynching occurs .
Of course , if it can be shown that the sheriff conspired with the mob , that
situation ...
Even that was not assumed as a fact . It was proven . It is much more difficult to
presume as a fact that the sheriff is acting for the State when a lynching occurs .
Of course , if it can be shown that the sheriff conspired with the mob , that
situation ...
Página 253
... merely the State insolvency laws . The mere fact that congress sees fit te
decide that the time has come , within the life of this country as a prereia Xation ,
to determine in faror of the affirmative exercise of a power which it has permitted
to lie ...
... merely the State insolvency laws . The mere fact that congress sees fit te
decide that the time has come , within the life of this country as a prereia Xation ,
to determine in faror of the affirmative exercise of a power which it has permitted
to lie ...
Página 255
When Congress determines upon the question what its legislative judgment
should be that Congress takes into consideration not the facts which exist in
some one State , to the exclusion of facts existing in another State , but that
Congress ...
When Congress determines upon the question what its legislative judgment
should be that Congress takes into consideration not the facts which exist in
some one State , to the exclusion of facts existing in another State , but that
Congress ...
Página 273
The opinion of the court below ( quoted in the statement of facts ) contains the
following significant declaration ( at pp . 362 and 363 ) : " If the facts appearing on
the face of the ordinance , on the petition and return , and admitted in the case ...
The opinion of the court below ( quoted in the statement of facts ) contains the
following significant declaration ( at pp . 362 and 363 ) : " If the facts appearing on
the face of the ordinance , on the petition and return , and admitted in the case ...
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Página 257 - ... the right of citizens to vote shall not be denied or abridged on account of race, color, or previous condition of servitude.
Página 252 - The equality of the rights of citizens is a principle of republicanism. Every republican government is in duty bound to protect all its citizens in the enjoyment of this principle, if within its power. That duty was originally assumed by the States, and it still remains there. The only obligation resting upon the United States is to see that the States do not deny the right. This the amendment guarantees, but no more. The power of the national government is limited to the enforcement of this guaranty.
Página 256 - to come to the seat of government to assert any claim he may have upon that government, to transact any business he may have with it, to seek its protection, to share its offices, to engage in administering its functions. He has the right of free access to its seaports, through which all operations of foreign commerce are conducted, to the subtreasuries, land offices, and courts of justice in the several States.
Página 239 - ... fetter and degrade the state governments by subjecting them to the control of congress, in the exercise of powers heretofore universally conceded to them of the most ordinary and fundamental character; when in fact it radically changes the whole theory of the relations of the state and federal governments to each other and of both these governments to the people...
Página 262 - This power, like all others vested in congress, is complete in itself, may be exercised to its utmost extent, and acknowledges no limitations other than are prescribed in the constitution.
Página 58 - Lord; and by their word shall every controversy and every stroke be tried: and all the elders of that city, that are next unto the slain man, shall wash their hands over the heifer that is beheaded in the valley: and they shall answer and say, Our hands have not shed this blood, neither have our eyes seen it.
Página 260 - Whoever, by virtue of public position under a State government, deprives another of property, life, or liberty without due process of law. or denies or takes away the equal protection of the laws, violates the constitutional inhibition, and as he acts in the name and for the State and is clothed with the State's power his act is that of the State. This must be so or the constitutional prohibition has no meaning.
Página 199 - If the case is such that the whole proceeding is a mask that counsel, jury and judge were swept to the fatal end by an irresistible wave of public passion, and that the state courts failed to correct the wrong, neither perfection in the machinery for correction nor the possibility that the trial court and counsel...
Página 244 - If two or more persons conspire to injure, oppress, threaten, or intimidate any citizen in the free exercise or enjoyment of any right or privilege secured to him by the Constitution or laws of the United States...
Página 260 - This must be so, or the constitutional prohibition has no meaning. Then the State has clothed one of its agents with power to annul or to evade it.
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| Título | Punishment for the Crime of Lynching: Hearings Before a Subcommittee...on S. 1978...Feb. 20 and 21, Mar. 16, 1934 Punishment for the Crime of Lynching: Hearings Before a Subcommittee...on S. 1978...Feb. 20 and 21, Mar. 16, 1934, United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on the Judiciary |
| Autor | United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on the Judiciary |
| Publicado | 1934 |
| Largo | 276 páginas |
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