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Garnett, 258 U.S. 130 (1922), was a case in which the Supreme Court of the United States held that the Nineteenth Amendment was constitutional. [ 1 ] Prior history
Fairchild v. Hughes, 258 U.S. 126 (1922), was a case in which the Supreme Court of the United States held that a general citizen, in a state that already had women's suffrage, lacked standing to challenge the validity of the ratification of the Nineteenth Amendment. [1] A companion case, Leser v. Garnett, upheld the ratification. [2] [3] [4]
The Kentucky Supreme Court is the state supreme court of the U.S. state of Kentucky. Prior to its creation by constitutional amendment in 1975, the Kentucky Court of Appeals was the only appellate court in Kentucky. The Kentucky Court of Appeals is now Kentucky's intermediate appellate court.
On Tuesday, Kentucky voters will decide the fate of two constitutional amendments appearing on this year’s ballot.
This category is for court cases in the United States dealing with the Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution. Pages in category "United States Nineteenth Amendment case law" The following 3 pages are in this category, out of 3 total.
Held that a New York resident (whose state had women's suffrage) lacked any particularized standing to challenge alleged state-level of the ratification of the Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution. This was a landmark case, prior to this, private citizens were permitted to litigate public rights. 9–0 Frothingham v. Mellon: 1923
The General Assembly may exercise this authority by law, Sections 59, 60, 171, 183, 184, 186, and 189 of this Constitution notwithstanding." All Kentucky counites voted "no" on Amendment 2
In the United States, the common law rule has been abolished by statute in Alaska, Idaho, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, [22] Kentucky, [23] Rhode Island, [24] and South Dakota. [ 25 ] A new US Uniform Statutory Rule Against Perpetuities was published in 1986 that adopts the wait-and-see approach with a flat waiting period of 90 years in place of ...