...principle of BepnbUcoi Every Republican government is in duty bound to protect all its citizens in tlic enjoyment of this principle if within its power. That...upon the United States is to see that the states do no deny the right. This the amendment guarantees, but no more. The power of the national government...

...more than the one which precedes it, and which we have just considered, add any thing 1781 to i. in- rights which one citizen has under the Constitution...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...

...the rights of citizens is a principle of republicanism. Every republican government is in il ii iv bound to protect all its citizens in the enjoyment...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...

...denying certain richts. Consequently, the Supreme Court originally held that the only obligation of the United States is to see that the states do not deny such rights. "The power of the national government is limited to the enforcement of this guaranty."...

...Supreme Court put it, the Fourteenth Amendment only prohibits the States from denying certain rights. The only obligation resting upon the United States is to see that the States do not deny such rights.86^ And "until some State action through its officers or agents has been taken, adverse...

...private race discrimination)). See also United States v. Cruikshank. 92 US 542. 555 (1876) (dictum) ("The only obligation resting upon the United States...see that the States do not deny the right. . . . The power of the national government is limited to the enforcement of this guaranty."). 92See 384 US at...

...language of Justice Morrison Waite's opinion for the majority in United States v. Cruikshank (1876), "The only obligation resting upon the United States is to see that the States do not deny the right [of one citizen against another under the Constitution]. . . . The power of the National Government...

...on the states and were under the ultimate control of the federal power. As the Supreme Court put it, "[t]he equality of the rights of citizens is a principle...States is to see that the States do not deny the right" (US v. Cruikshank, 92 US 542, 544 (1875) - quotation from J. Silard, "A Constitutional Forecast ...",...

...safeguard individuals from state encroachment. The duty to protect the individual rights of all citizens "was originally assumed by the States; and it still...see that the States do not deny the right . . . The power of the national government is limited to the enforcement of this guarantee."83 Nowhere did Chief...

...the enjoyment of this privilege if within its power. That duty was originally assumed by the state, and it still remains there. The only obligation resting...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...