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gptkbp:instanceOf
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gptkb:United_States_Supreme_Court_case
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gptkbp:amendedBy
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gptkb:First_Amendment_to_the_United_States_Constitution
gptkb:Fourteenth_Amendment_to_the_United_States_Constitution
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gptkbp:citation
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367 U.S. 488
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gptkbp:date
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1961-06-19
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gptkbp:decidedBy
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gptkb:Supreme_Court_of_the_United_States
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gptkbp:defendant
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gptkb:C._Leo_Watkins
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gptkbp:fullName
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gptkb:Roy_Torcaso_v._C._Leo_Watkins,_Clerk
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gptkbp:heldBy
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States cannot require a person to profess a belief in God to hold public office
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https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
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Torcaso v. Watkins
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gptkbp:impact
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invalidated religious tests for public office in the United States
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gptkbp:majorityOpinionBy
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gptkb:Hugo_Black
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gptkbp:originatedIn
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gptkb:Maryland
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gptkbp:plaintiff
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gptkb:Roy_Torcaso
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gptkbp:principle
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gptkb:Establishment_Clause
religious freedom
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gptkbp:relatedTo
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gptkb:McCollum_v._Board_of_Education
gptkb:Everson_v._Board_of_Education
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gptkbp:subject
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separation of church and state
religious tests for public office
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gptkbp:unanimousDecision
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true
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gptkbp:bfsParent
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gptkb:United_States_Establishment_Clause_case_law
gptkb:William_Brennan
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gptkbp:bfsLayer
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7
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