Word: oaths
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...this court," he said. He argued that the teachers' oath penalizes any teacher who disobeys it but that a lawyer is only "charged" with perjury for breaking his oath...
Berlin stressed the "vagueness" of the oath and that it applies only to teachers -- including those at private institutions...
...opposed by Edward T. Martin, first deputy attorney general, who said that even if the oath was so narrowly interpreted thatit prevented only treason and slaveholding, the Court was obligated to uphold it as doing just that...
Associate Justice Richard A. Cutter '22 challenged Berlin when he claimed that the "superficially innocuous" oath had "menacing" implications...
...took an oath to support the Constitution on becoming a member of the bar, did you not, Mr. Berlin?" Cutter asked. "Did you feel 'menaced' then...