 | Clarence Lusane - Biography & Autobiography - 1997 - 284 pages
...contradict the spirit of the 1 923 Supreme Court case Meyer v. Nebraska, wherein the Court declared that "The protection of the Constitution extends to all; to those who speak other languages as well as to those bom with English on the tongue." Now, therefore, be it Resolved by the House of Representatives... | |
 | Rebecca Diane Freeman - Education - 1998 - 280 pages
...contradict the spirit of the 1923 Supreme Court case Meyer v. Nebraska, wherein the Court declared that "The protection of the Constitution extends to all; to those who speak other languages as well as to those born with English on the tongue". (HR 83, 13 July, 1995) The English-plus resolution advocated... | |
 | Eric Foner - History - 1999 - 452 pages
...the letter of the law, Latin). "The protection of the Constitution," the Nebraska decision declared, "extends to all, to those who speak other languages as well as to those born with English on the tongue," a startling rebuke to enforced Americanization. In these... | |
 | Antoinette Sedillo López - Literary Criticism - 1999 - 456 pages
...interest. 202. 262 US 390lt923l. tutional rights cannot be violated for the sake of linguistic homogeneity: The protection of the Constitution extends to all, ... to those who speak other languages as well as to those born with English on the tongue. Perhaps it would be highly advantageous if all had ready... | |
 | Milton Ridvas Konvitz - Law - 2001 - 204 pages
...Anticipating by a half-century the Federal Government's interest in bi-lingual education, the Court said, "The protection of the Constitution extends to all — to those who speak other languages as well as to those bom with English on the tongue." There is not much explicit constitutional theory in the opinion,... | |
 | Ronald Schmidt, Ron Schmidt - Political Science - 2010 - 297 pages
...language rights remains the 1923 decision in Meyer v. Nebraska, where the US Supreme Court ruled that "the protection of the Constitution extends to all, to those who speak other languages as well as to those born with English on the tongue" (Crawford, 1992a: 237). The Court ruled that the liberty... | |
 | Carol L. Schmid - Language Arts & Disciplines - 2001 - 229 pages
...instruct their children, we think, are within the liberty of the Amendment." The Court went on to note: "The protection of the Constitution extends to all, to those who speak other languages, as well as to those born with English on the tongue. Perhaps, it would be highly advantageous if all had ready... | |
 | Ceil Lucas - American Sign Language - 2003 - 200 pages
...disagreed, however, and struck down this law because it violated the Fourteenth Amendment, saying: The protection of the Constitution extends to all, to those who speak other languages as well as to those born with English on the tongue. Perhaps it would be highly advantageous if all had ready... | |
 | Political Science - 2002 - 484 pages
...mentally, and morally, is clear; but the individual has certain fundamental rights which must be respected. The protection of the Constitution extends to all — to those who speak other languages as well as to those born with English on the tongue. The opinion then contrasts the Constitution with the society... | |
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The protection of the Constitution extends to all, to those who speak other languages as well as to those born with English on the tongue. Perhaps it would be highly advantageous if all had ready understanding of our ordinary speech, but this cannot be... 
