Torcaso v. Watkins

Supreme Court of the United States · Decided 1961-06-19

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*489 Mr. Justice Black delivered the opinion of the Court. Article 37 of the Declaration of Rights of the Maryland Constitution provides: “[N]o religious test ought ever to be required as a qualification for any office of profit or trust in this State,…

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