Commonwealth v. Greer, R.

How courts have described this case

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• holding that mere membership in a group with illegal purposes cannot be criminalized, as that would violate the First Amendment
• holding that mere membership in a group with illegal purposes cannot be criminalized, as that would violate the First Amendment
• striking down a teacher loyalty oath which conclusively presumes that those who join a subversive organization share in its unlawful aims
• striking down a state law establishing a loyalty oath and imposing perjury penalties on any affiant who was a member of the Community Party
• striking down a teacher loyalty oath which conclusively presumes that those who join a subversive organization share in its unlawful aims
• declaring unconstitutional a state’s loyalty oath and law that prohibited anyone from holding office if they were a member of a group like the Communist party

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).