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Carrington v. Rash, 380 U.S. 89 (1965)
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General SummaryThis case is from a collection containing the full text of over 16,000 Supreme Court cases from 1793 to the present. The body of Supreme Court decisions are, effectively, the final interpretation of the Constitution. Only an amendment to the Constitution can permanently overturn an interpretation and this has happened only four times in American history.
Carrington v. Rash, 380 U.S. 89 (1965)
Carrington v. Rash No. 82 Argued January 28, 1965 Decided March 1, 1965 380 U.S. 89
CERTIORARI TO THE SUPREME COURT OF TEXAS
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Petitioner, a member of the armed services who moved to Texas in 1962 and is concededly domiciled and intends to make his permanent home there, was refused the right to vote because of a provision of the Texas Constitution permitting a serviceman to vote only in the county where he resided at the time of entry into service.
Held: A State can impose a reasonable residence requirements for voting, but it cannot, under the Equal Protection Clause, deny the ballot to a bona fide resident merely because he is a member of the armed services. Pp. 89-97.
378 S.W.2d 304, reversed.
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Chicago: U.S. Supreme Court, "Syllabus," Carrington v. Rash, 380 U.S. 89 (1965) in 380 U.S. 89 Original Sources, accessed November 24, 2024, http://originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=DT2GW19XJEZ6HXZ.
MLA: U.S. Supreme Court. "Syllabus." Carrington v. Rash, 380 U.S. 89 (1965), in 380 U.S. 89, Original Sources. 24 Nov. 2024. http://originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=DT2GW19XJEZ6HXZ.
Harvard: U.S. Supreme Court, 'Syllabus' in Carrington v. Rash, 380 U.S. 89 (1965). cited in 1965, 380 U.S. 89. Original Sources, retrieved 24 November 2024, from http://originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=DT2GW19XJEZ6HXZ.
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