Hugo Black

“ This is not the invidious discrimination that the Equal Protection Clause condemns, but an entirely rational public policy. I would reverse the judgment, because I cannot hold that the Constitution denies the City of Phoenix the public improvements that its Council and its taxpayers have endorsed. ”

“ During the entire life of the bonds the privately owned real property in the city is burdened by the city's pledge-and statutory obligation-to use its real estate taxing power for the purpose of repaying both interest and principal under the bond obligation. [1] Whether under these circumstances Arizona could constitutionally confer upon its municipal governing bodies exclusive and absolute power to incur general bonded indebtedness without limit at the expense of real property owners is a question that is not before us. ”

“ For, rightly or wrongly, the Court has said that in cases where public officials with legislative or other governmental power are to be elected by the people, the Constitution requires that the electoral franchise must generally reflect a regime of political suffrage based upon 'one man, one vote.' Recent examples of that constitutional doctrine are the Court's decisions in Kramer v. ”