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" No right is more precious in a free country than that of having a voice in the election of those who make the laws under which, as good citizens, we must live. Other rights, even the most basic, are illusory if the right to vote is undermined. "
District of Columbia House Voting Rights Act of 2007: Hearing Before the ... - Page 37
by United States. Congress. House. Committee on the Judiciary - 2007 - 322 pages
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United States Reports: Cases Adjudged in the Supreme Court at ..., Volume 377

United States. Supreme Court, John Chandler Bancroft Davis, Henry Putzel, Henry C. Lind, Frank D. Wagner - Courts - 1964 - 980 pages
...377 US sentation for equal numbers of people the fundamental goal . . . ." We concluded by stating: "No right is more precious in a free country than...basic, are illusory if the right to vote is undermined. Our Constitution leaves no room for classification of people in a way that unnecessarily abridges this...
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United States Reports: Cases Adjudged in the Supreme Court at ..., Volume 377

United States. Supreme Court, John Chandler Bancroft Davis, Henry Putzel, Henry C. Lind, Frank D. Wagner - Courts - 1964 - 972 pages
...377 US sentation for equal numbers of people the fundamental goal . . . ." We concluded by stating: "No right is more precious in a free country than...basic, are illusory if the right to vote is undermined. Our Constitution leaves no room for classification of people in a way that unnecessarily abridges this...
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Voting Rights: Hearings Before Subcommittee No. 5, 89th Congress, 1st ...

United States. Congress. House. Committee on the Judiciary - 1965 - 1226 pages
...State elections.18 Mr. Justice Black, speaking for the Supreme Court in Wesberry v. Sander»," said. "No right is more precious in a free country than...basic, are illusory if the right to vote is undermined. Our Constitution leaves no room for classification of people in a way that unnecessarily abridges this...
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Voting Rights: Hearings Before Subcommittee No. 5, Eighty-ninth Congress ...

United States. Congress. House. Committee on the Judiciary, United States. Congress. House. Committee on the Judiciary. Subcommittee No. 5 - African Americans - 1965 - 1200 pages
...State elections." Mr. Justice Black, speaking for the Supreme Court in Wesbcrry v. Sander»' said. "No right is more precious in a free country than...basic, are illusory if the right to vote is undermined. Our Constitution leaves no room for classification of people in a way that unnecessarily abridges this...
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Amending Migratory Labor Laws: Hearings Before the Subcommittee on Migratory ...

United States. Congress. Senate. Labor and Public Welfare - 1966 - 860 pages
...from its abuse * * *" B also McCulloch v. Maryland, 17 US (4 Wheat.) 316, 433-34 (1819). For s reason, "other rights, even the most basic, are illusory if the right to vote undermined." Wesberry v. Sanders, 376 US 1, 17 (1964). And see William* v. Lee Optical Inc., 348 US...
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Hearings

United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Rules and Administration - 1968 - 258 pages
...right to suffrage in this country. As the Supreme Court recently observed in Wesberry against Sanders: "No right is more precious in a free country than...laws under which, as good citizens, we must live." In an editorial which appeared on January 5, 1967, the Washington Post drew attention to this problem...
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United States Reports: Cases Adjudged in the Supreme Court, Volume 393

United States. Supreme Court - Courts - 1969 - 1136 pages
...protection from infringement by the States.7 Similarly we have said with reference to the right to vote: "No right is more precious in a free country than...are illusory if the right to vote is undermined." 8 No extended discussion is required to establish that the Ohio laws before us give the two old, established...
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Voting Rights Act Extention: Hearings Before Subcommittee No. 5 ... 91-1, on ...

United States. Congress. House. Committee on the Judiciary - 1969 - 474 pages
...landmark decision on the right to vote, Western/ v. Sanders, the Supreme Court voiced the same thought : No right is more precious in a free country than that...basic, are illusory if the right to vote is undermined. If we as a nation are seriouslv dedicated to solving our racial nroblems, we will not rest with halfway...
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Voting Rights Act Extension: Hearings Before Subcommittee No. 5 of the ...

United States. Congress. House. Committee on the Judiciary. Subcommittee No. 5 - African Americans - 1969 - 478 pages
...landmark decision on the right to vote, Wesberry v. Sanders, the Supreme Court voiced the same thought: No right is more precious in a free country than that...basic, are illusory if the right to vote Is undermined. Tf we as a nation are seriously dedicated to solvin.ir our racial problems, we will not rest with halfway...
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Electing the President: Hearings Before the Subcommittee on Constitutional ...

United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on the Judiciary - 1969 - 1080 pages
...facade. In We»berry v. Sanders (376 US 1), the Supreme Court expressed its concern about the franchise: "No right is more precious in a free country than...who make the laws under which, as good citizens, we most live. Other rights, even the most basic, are illusory if the right to vote is undermined. Our...
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