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Cole Vs. Richardson

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  • US Supreme Court
  • Apr 18, 1972

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  1. Connell Vs. Higginbotham US Supreme Court · Jun 07, 1971
  2. Whitehill Vs. Elkins US Supreme Court · Nov 06, 1967
  3. Law Students Research Council Vs. Wadmond US Supreme Court · Feb 23, 1971
  4. Bond Vs. Floyd US Supreme Court · Dec 05, 1966
  5. Wieman Vs. Updegraff US Supreme Court · Dec 15, 1952
  6. Speiser Vs. Randall US Supreme Court · Jun 30, 1958
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  7. Baggett Vs. Bullitt US Supreme Court · Jun 01, 1964
  8. U.S. 676 (1972) U.S. Supreme Court Cole v. Richardson
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  9. U.S. 676 (1972) Cole v. Richardson
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  10. clause was foreclosed by Knight v. Board
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  11. clause, the first part of the oath, foreclosed by Knight v. Board
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  12. Amendments, respectively, as, for example, those relating to political beliefs. Law Students Research Council v. Wadmond
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  13. Baird v. State
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  14. and supporting candidates for political office. Keyishian v. Board
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  15. Bagett v. Bullitt
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  16. Cramp v. Board
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  17. purposes unless one knows of the purpose and shares a specific intent to promote the illegal purpose. Whitehill v. Elkins
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  18. Keyishian v. Board
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  19. Wieman v. Upderaff
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  20. and past activities of individuals. Law Students Research Council v. Wadmond
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  21. Page 405 U. S. 682 Bond v. Floyd
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  22. U.S. at 385 U. S. 135 . Accord, Knight v. Board
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  23. an oath need not parrot the exact language of the constitutional oaths to be constitutionally proper. Thus, in Ohlson v. Phillips
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  24. Page 405 U. S. 683 Ohlson v. Phillips
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  25. oath giver to actively oppose overthrow, and exactly what actions he would have to take in that respect. Cf. Ohlson v. Phillips
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  26. U. S. 685 raise serious questions whether the oath was so vague as to amount to a denial of due process. Connally v. General
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  27. the constitutional vice of punishment without fair warning cannot occur here. See American Communiction Assn. v. Douds
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  28. U. S. 413 (1950). Nor here is there any problem of the punishment inflicted by mere prosecution. See Cramp v. Board
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  29. by the Commonwealth. Cole v. Richardson
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  30. Panhandle Oil Co. v. Knox
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  31. Court that require a hearing before discharge for failure to take an oath involved impermissible oaths. In Slochower v. Board
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  32. right from which the State could not draw any rational inference of disloyalty. Appellee relies on Nostrand v. Little
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  33. U. S. 474 (1960), and Connell v. Higginbotham
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  34. Richardson v. Cole
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  35. is plainly unconstitutional by our decisions. See Board of Education v. Barnette
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  36. is within the protection of the First Amendment even when it is restrictively construed. In Brandenburg v. Ohio
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  37. Id. at 395 U. S. 447 . The same idea was put in somewhat different words in Noto v. United
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  38. Yates v. United
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  39. When used to shackle the mind they are, or at least they should be, unspeakably odious to a free people. Wieman v. Updegraff
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  40. U. S. 183 , 344 U. S. 193 (Black, J., concurring). And see Speiser v. Randall
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  41. Yates v. United
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  42. no evidence of a legislative intent to separate the two clausees of the oath. This case is thus governed by Pedlosky v. Massachusetts
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  43. U. S. 54 , 389 U. S. 59 (1967). See also Connally v. General
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  44. Cline v. Frink
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  45. Lanzetta v. New
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  46. Garrity v. New
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  47. Cf. Brandenburg v. Ohio
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  48. Dennis v. United
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  49. fine. Page 405 U. S. 695 In concluding that this oath is vague, I rely on Baggett v. Bullitt
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  50. evil than negative oaths requiring a disaffirmance of political ties, group affiliations, or beliefs. Compare Connell v. Higginbotham
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