 | United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on the Judiciary - 1957 - 71 páginas
...its citizens in the enjoyment of an equality of rights was originally assumed by the States, and it remains there. The only obligation resting upon the...States is to see that the States do not deny the right. This the amendment guarantees and no more. The power of the National Government is limited to this... | |
 | United States. Congress. Senate. Judiciary - 1960 - 178 páginas
...and which we have just considered — that is the due process clause — I interject the words — add anything to the rights which one citizen has under...United States is to see that the States do not deny that right. This the amendment guarantees but no more. The power of the National Government is limited... | |
 | 1920
...encroachment by the states upon the fundamental rights which belong to every citizen as a member of society. "The equality of the rights of citizens is a principle...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... | |
 | United States. Congress. Senate. Judiciary - 1967 - 519 páginas
...assumed by the states and still remains there. I invite your attention particularly to these words : The only obligation resting upon the United States is to see that the states do not deny this right This the amendment guarantees and no more — the power of the National Government is limited... | |
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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... 
