| United States. Supreme Court - Law reports, digests, etc - 1961 - 934 pages
...a series of decisions this Court has held that, even though the governmental purpose be legitimate and substantial, that purpose cannot be pursued by...personal liberties when the end can be more narrowly achieved.3 The breadth of legislative abridgment must be viewed in the light of less drastic means... | |
| United States. Supreme Court - Courts - 1965 - 942 pages
...a series of decisions this Court has held that, even though the governmental purpose be legitimate and substantial, that purpose cannot be pursued by...achieving the same basic purpose." Shelton v. Tucker, 364 US 479, 488. See, e. ff, Lovett v. Griffin, 303 U. 8. 444; Schneider v. State, 308 U. 8. 147; Cantwett... | |
| United States. Congress. House. Foreign Affairs - 1966 - 310 pages
...Shelton v. Tucker, supra, [364 US 479] at 488: "[EJven though the governmental purpose be legitimate and substantial, that purpose cannot be pursued by...more narrowly achieved. The breadth of legislative abridgement must be viewed in the light of less drastic means for achieving the same basic purpose."... | |
| United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Labor and Public Welfare - 1972 - 1442 pages
...decisions this Court has held that, even though the governmental purpose be legitimate and substantial, the purpose cannot be pursued by means that broadly stifle...drastic means for achieving the same basic purpose. In KAACP v. Button, 371 US 415, 438 (1963), the Court stated: Precision of regulation must be the touchstone... | |
| United States. Congress. Senate. Judiciary - 1968 - 1834 pages
...protecting its education system from subversion. But "even though the governmental purpose be legitimate and substantial, that purpose cannot be pursued by...liberties when the end can be more narrowly achieved." Shelton v. Tucker, 364 US 479, 488. The principle is not inapplicable because the legislation is aimed... | |
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