Concept information
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social history of crime
courts, corrections, punishments
United States Supreme Court
Supreme Court cases
Preferred term
Garner v. Board of Public Works of Los Angeles
Definition
- In Garner v. Board of Public Works of Los Angeles , 341 U.S. 716 (1951), the Supreme Court upheld the constitutionality of an oath and an accompanying affidavit that the City of Los Angeles required of its employees against charges that it violated several constitutional provisions, including First Amendment protections of freedom of speech and association. The oath in question required that employees affirm that they did not then “advise, advocate or teach” or belong to organizations that taught the forceful overthrow of the U.S. government and that they had not for the last five years. [Source: Encyclopedia of the First Amendment; Garner v. Board of Public Works of Los Angeles (1951)]
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Date
- 1951
URI
https://concepts.sagepub.com/social-science/concept/Garner_v._Board_of_Public_Works_of_Los_Angeles
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