Richardson v. Ramirez

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Richardson v. Ramirez
Supreme Court of the United States
Argued January 15, 1974 Decided June 24, 1974
Full case name: Viola N. Richardson v. Abran Ramirez et al. Citations: 418 U.S. 24; 94 S. Ct. 2655, 41 L. Ed. 2d 551 Prior history: Ramirez v. Brown, 9 Cal.3d 199 (1973). Appeal from the Supreme Court of California Subsequent history: Ramirez v. Brown, 12 Cal. 3d 912 (Cal. 1974)
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
Case opinions
Majority by: Rehnquist Joined by: Burger, Stewart, White, Blackmun, Powell Dissent by: Douglas Dissent by: Marshall Joined by: Brennan, Douglas
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.

[edit] See also

• List of United States Supreme Court cases, volume 418

[edit] External links

• "Richardson v. Ramirez" on Wikisource.
• Full text of the decision courtesy of Findlaw.com
• Gabriel J. Chin, "Reconstruction, Felon Disenfranchisement and the Right to Vote: Did the Fifteenth Amendment Repeal Section 2 of the Fourteenth Amendment?", 92 Georgetown Law Journal 259(2004)