John Marshall Harlan
John Marshall Harlan
John Marshall Harlanwas an American lawyer and politician from Kentucky who served as an associate justice on the U.S. Supreme Court...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionJudge
Date of Birth1 June 1833
CountryUnited States of America
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But in view of the constitution, in the eye of the law, there is in this country no superior, dominant, ruling class of citizens. There is no caste here.
The humblest is the peer of the most powerful.
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The Constitution is not a panacea for every blot upon the public welfare. Nor should this Court, ordained as a judicial body, be thought of as a general haven for reform movements.
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The law regards man as man, and takes no account of his surroundings or of his color when his civil rights as guaranteed by the supreme law of the land are involved.