Suffrage Conferred By The Fourteenth Amendment - Softcover

Albert Gallatin Riddle

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0371317878 ISBN 13: 9780371317877

Publisher: HardPress, 2020

Synopsis

Suffrage Conferred By The Fourteenth Amendment.-: Woman's Suffrage In The Supreme Court Of The District Of Columbia, In General Term, Oct. 1871.-S.J. Spencer Vs. The Board Of Registration, And S.E. Webster Vs. The Judges Of Election.-Argument Of The Counsel For The Plaintiffs.-With Opinions Of Albert Gallatin Riddle Suffrage Conferred By The Fourteenth Amendment.-: Woman's Suffrage In The Supreme Court Of The District Of Columbia, In General Term, Oct. 1871.-S.J. Spencer Vs. The Board Of Registration, And S.E. Webster Vs. The Judges Of Election.-Argument Of The Counsel For The Plaintiffs.-With Opinions Of is a transcript of a 19th-century Washington, D.C. legal proceeding in which two women sought to exercise the elective franchise under the Fourteenth Amendment. The pamphlet includes the full argument by counsel for the plaintiffs, notably Mr. Riddle, who advances a natural-rights understanding of citizenship and an expansive reading of the amendment’s first section, arguing that women are within its protection. It also records the opposing views presented by the defense and the later formal opinion of the court, written by Chief Justice Cartter, which sustains the demurrer and upholds congressional control over the District’s franchise. The document draws on a wide array of authorities—from Story’s Commentaries to English common-law precedent—and reveals the tensions between natural-rights theory and statutory regulation in the formative era of American constitutional law.

Edition details

• Publisher: HardPress
• Publication date: 2020
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0371317878
• ISBN 13: 9780371317877
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 92