Word: oaths
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...judge subpoenaed him, claiming that he had not only lost the protection of Section 1070 but that he was also an accessory to a violation of the court's gag order. Although Farr submitted the names of six attorneys and said that his sources were among them (under oath all denied involvement), Judge Older ordered him jailed until he specified his informants. In December 1971, Section 1070 was amended to shield former newsmen from contempt citations, but that same month, in upholding Older's decision, a state appeals court ruled that the "vital power of the court...
...case is one of three actions against the newly reinstated loyalty oath now pending in state courts...
James H. Matlack, assistant professor of English at UMass-Amherst and a plaintiff in the suit, said yesterday. "The challenge rests on the 14th Amendment's guarantee of equal protection under the law. Although the oath is mandatory for every state employee, there have been a lot of inconsistencies in who is actually required to sign...
Matlack added that although Massachusetts voluntarily suspended the oath requirement for almost three years pending a U.S. Supreme Court decision on its constitutionality, employees hired during that period now face dismissal unless they sign the oath retroactively...
...Supreme Court upheld the constitutionality of the loyalty oath last April in a four-to-three decision...