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Such an opportunity, where the state has undertaken to provide it, is a right which must be made available to all on equal terms.
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Such an opportunity, where the state has undertaken to provide it, is a right which must be made available to all on equal terms.
in the field of public education the doctrine of "separate but equal" has no place. Separate educational facilities are inherently unequal.
The basic concept underlying the Eighth Amendment is nothing less than the dignity of man.
To the extent that a citizen's right to vote is debased, he is that much less a citizen.
Our answer is this: a denial of constitutionally protected rights demands judicial protection; our oath and our office require no less of us.
Under our Constitution, the freedom to marry or not marry, a person of another race resides with the individual and cannot be infringed by the State.
The freedom to marry has long been recognized as one of the vital personal rights essential to the orderly pursuit of happiness by free men.