In respect of civil rights, common to all citizens
- In respect of civil rights, common to all citizens
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"In respect of civil rights, common to all citizens, the Constitution of the United States does not, I think, permit any public authority to know the race of those entitled to be protected in the enjoyment of such rights."—Justice John M. Harlan, dissent in Plessy v. Ferguson
Nolo’s Plain-English Law Dictionary.
Gerald N. Hill, Kathleen Thompson Hill.
2009.
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