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Quotation from Slaughter-House Cases by Supreme Court of the United States
“And, in my judgment, the right of any citizen to follow whatever lawful employment he chooses to adopt (submitting himself to all lawful regulations) is one of his most valuable rights, and one which the legislature of a State cannot invade, whether restrained by its own constitution or not.”
Slaughter-House Cases, Dissent of Justice Bradley (excerpt) (U.S. Reports text (Wikisource))
Bradley names the right to choose an occupation among the fundamental rights of citizenship.
Citation: "And, in my judgment, the right of any citizen to follow whatever lawful employment he chooses to adopt (submitting himself to all lawful regulations) is one of his most valuable rights, and one which the legislature of a State cannot invade, whether restrained by its own constitution or not." — Supreme Court of the United States, Slaughter-House Cases, Dissent of Justice Bradley (excerpt) (U.S. Reports text (Wikisource)). (id slaughter-house-cases-q6)
Portrait: Samuel Freeman Miller - Brady-Handy, Mathew Benjamin Brady / Levin Corbin Handy, Public domain.
