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Hugo Black

U.S. Supreme Court justice (1886-1971)

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Nov 11, 2025
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was the kkk all democrat

The claim that “the KKK was all Democrat” is false; the Ku Klux Klan’s membership and political influence varied across time and place, encompassing both Democrats and Republicans and shifting as Amer...

Nov 5, 2025

When were bans preventing non-Christians from holding state offices legally overturned and by whom?

The bans on non-Christians (and non-theists) holding state office were declared unconstitutional by the U.S. Supreme Court in Torcaso v. Watkins , which forbade religious tests for public office and a...