Chief Justice ____________ once wrote, "…as a law of the organization of society under the exclusive dominion of the United States, it is provided that plural marriages shall not be allowed. Can a man excuse his practices to the contrary because of his religious belief? To permit this would be to make the professed doctrines of religious belief superior to the law of the land, and in effect to
permit every citizen to become a law unto himself. Government could exist only in name under such circumstances.".
a. Morrison R. Waite
b. Melville Fuller
c. Edward Douglass White
d. None of the above is true.
A
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