Richardson v. Ramirez
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Richardson v. Ramirez | ||||||||||||||
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Supreme Court of the United States | ||||||||||||||
Argued January 15, 1974 Decided June 24, 1974 |
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Holding | ||||||||||||||
Convicted felons may be constitutionally disenfranchised. | ||||||||||||||
Court membership | ||||||||||||||
Chief Justice: Warren E. Burger Associate Justices: William O. Douglas, William J. Brennan, Jr., Potter Stewart, Byron White, Thurgood Marshall, Harry Blackmun, Lewis F. Powell, Jr., William Rehnquist |
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Majority by: Rehnquist Joined by: Burger, Stewart, White, Blackmun, Powell Dissent by: Douglas Dissent by: Marshall Joined by: Brennan, Douglas |
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Laws applied | ||||||||||||||
U.S. Const. amend. XIV |
Richardson v. Ramirez, 418 U.S. 24 (1974), held that convicted felons could be barred from voting without violating the Fourteenth Amendment.