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Muslim Ban from Public Office

The claim that there was a federal statute barring Muslims from holding public office in the United States, specifically tied to the 1952 McCarran-Walter Act.

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Jan 5, 2026

When and how was the U.S. law barring Muslims from office challenged or overturned?

There never was a federal statute that explicitly barred Muslims from holding public office in the United States; the viral claim tying that fiction to the 1952 McCarran-Walter Act is a debunked misre...