Show mrs mm myra brad wells case tili the opinion of the serenie supreme court of af the united states ori oil the appeal of mrs rs myra bradwell from the supreme court of III lii illinois her application for license to practice law was deliverer In Mashington today to day by justice miller I 1 the entire court concurs the opinion is brief and will be found elsewhere A careful perusal of the document shows allows that the supreme court does not deny mrs brad wells right to practice law nor does it affirm or commend tle the action of the supreme court coutt of illinois jil refusing to issue to her a license licen cen to practice law til tilo tile e logic of the refusal bein being that she is a woman the decision merely declares that the legal points in her attorneys appeal are not well taken in other words nords that the right to practice law is not one of the rights of citizenship under the fourteenth amendment to the constitution of the United states under which mrs gradweil Brad weIl well claimed the license th the e court punctures the tion tuat that the right to practice law ii ian lan an anlie inherent ent part of united states citizenship by the declaration that many persons not citizens at a all ail have been admitted to practice as attorneys the tilo decision does not touch directly or indirectly the right of mrs ilis bradwell oran orau or any ans y other fontan to practice law it merely seizes tho the opportunity afforded by the law quoted in her appeal to de do tine fine what is not one of the rights included iii in the fourteenth amendment phe the roul Loul louisiana louisian sian a slaughter house case alluded to in the decision involved a similar point the louisiana legislature granted to a corporation po ration the privilege to land and slaughter all the cattle com coming ing to that port the butchers of the city believing their rights to be invaded took an appeal under the fourteenth amendment the supreme court has decided that the right to butcher cattle cattie is not included in the fourteenth amendment that no rights of butchers as citizens of the united states were in invaded in like manner the decision in mrs Brad case has nothing to do with the tile justice of tilo tido illinois court in refusing to permit her to practice law when properly qualified the two decisions taken to together ether affirm that the right to kill cattle and tho night right to practice law are ilot not rights guaranteed by th the tho fourteenth amendment and that the protection of neither of thesel rights has been transferred by the states united states by the adoption of that amendment in a word that the Su supreme court of the T united state has not cognizance of either elther case in in the respective appeals the question of a woman s right to practice law in illinois is therefore sent back to the tiie state legislature it itis is certain that under the constitution of the state of illin illinois 1 anoil everyman every man and every woman in the t ls 1 state has the right to earn his or her bre bread breaden adin in whatever manner h he or she pleases provided the coridi conditions I 1 imposed by law shall be co complied plied piled with concerning the pr practice OF of law the statute reads no person shall bo admitted to practice as attorney or dr counselor at law laws or to commence conduct or defend any action or suit cult to which ho he Is not a party varty concerned in any court ot of record within this state neither by using or subscribing his own name or the name lamoot of any other person without previously having obtained license for that purpose irom from someone gome some one ot of tho the justices ot of tho the supreme court which license shall constitute the person using the tha same altage attorney and counselor at law and shall authorize him to appear in all courts ot record within this state and therein to p practice as asantor actor ney and counselor at law according to tha the laws and customs thereof f the tee following statute was passed by the last general assembly after the supreme court refused refal sed to grant a license to mrs urs bradwell an act to secure to all persons freedom in the selection of an occupation profession or employment SEC I 1 1 seo Sec sex noo not 0 to o pre cholo chole from pursuing any occupation etc be it enacted by the wie hie le of the state ot of illinois represented in t 0 general assembly that no person shall shail bo be precluded or de barred from any occupation profession or employ employment ent e except C t military on account of deac provided ta that t this act shall all ali not be cons construed t ru to affect 1 r t the eil ell eligibility 91 ability of any person to an elective office this final provi provision ion lon Iou has been nullified so far as tho the eligibility of women to school offices is concerned by the recent bill approved by the governor april 3 1873 M mis mig rs bradwell can now go before the tile supreme court of illinois deliver the statute quoted above to the court demand her license and receive it chicago rost post |