When I was a teaching assistant at Harvard, I had to sign a loyalty oath. The same was true when I took a full-time position at LSU. This trademark of the McCarthy era had been deemed constitutional by the U.S. Supreme Court. It had struck down oaths requiring a declaration that the signer is not now or ever was a member of “subversive” organizations, but it had upheld “affirmative” oaths, those swearing allegiance to the U.S. and state constitutions.I [...]
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