Reynolds v. United States – U.S. (Utah), 1878 (98 U.S. 145); People v. Hampton – Utah, 1886 (4 Utah 258); Wooley v. Watkins – Idaho, 1889 (2 P. 102); Davis v. Beason – U.S. (Utah), 1890 (133 U.S. 333)
“The appointing of strangers as officers over the citizens of the United States in territories, though a time honored custom, is to say the least a relic of British Colonial Rule, and a direct infringement upon the right of self government, and opposed to the genius and policy of republican institutions.” - Utah territorial legislature, memorial to Congress (1861) | “Congress was deprived of all legislative power over mere opinion, but was left free to reach actions which were in violation of social duties or subversive of good order … An exceptional colony of polygamists under an exceptional leadership may sometimes exist for a time without appearing to disturb the social condition of the people who surround it; but there cannot be a doubt that unless restricted by some form of constitution, it is within the legit scope of the power of every civil government to determine whether polygamy or monogamy shall be the law of social life under its dominion.” – U.S. Supreme Court Justice __, in Reynolds
“It is time to speak plainly on this subject. … The tendency of such principles and purposes is clear. They do not lead to the ‘security of the blessings of liberty;’ but they do lead to its utter subversion.” “It is time to speak plainly on this subject. … The tendency of such principles and purposes is clear. They do not lead to the ‘security of the blessings of liberty;’ but they do lead to its utter subversion.” - Justice _ Berry, in Wooley “Of course, an officer summoning a jury should not exclude men merely because they are of the same faith as the D. But … they were omitted, not because they were Mormons, but because they were partial. This was clearly within the discretion of the marshal.” – Justice __, in Hampton |
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