Robert H. Jackson, Skinner v. Oklahoma — Concurring Opinion
“ I also agree with the opinion of MR. JUSTICE DOUGLAS that the scheme of classification set forth in the Act denies equal protection of the law. I disagree with the opinion of each in so far as it rejects or minimizes the grounds taken by the other. ”
Robert H. Jackson, Skinner v. Oklahoma — Concurring Opinion
“ There are limits to the extent to which a legislatively represented majority may conduct biological experiments at the expense of the dignity and personality and natural powers of a minority — even those who have been guilty of what the majority define as crimes. ”
Robert H. Jackson, Skinner v. Oklahoma — Concurring Opinion
“ I also think the present plan to sterilize the individual in pursuit of a eugenic plan to eliminate from the race characteristics that are only vaguely identified and which in our present state of knowledge are uncertain as to transmissibility presents other constitutional questions of gravity. ”
